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Boy's name · #216 in the US (2025) · 90s wave
Zachary reached #12 in 1994 and has faded to #216 since. About 552,000 boys have carried it since 1900.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 49 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#75 in England & Wales (2025) · #94 in Canada (2025) · #129 in Scotland (2025) · #156 in New Zealand (2025) · #185 in N. Ireland (2025) · #201 in Poland (2025) · #211 in Ireland (2025) · #919 in France (2025) · #1,072 in Belgium (2025) · #1,447 in Sweden (2025) · #1,542 in Switzerland (2025) · #2,849 in Ecuador (2025) and 7 more.
Among 404 notable people named Zachary:
Entertainers appear 1.61× more often than among typical names — e.g. Zachary Quinto, American actor (born 1977).
Popular twin pairings with Zachary include Jacob for a boy, and Zoey, Zoe, and Abigail for girls.
Together with its spelling variants Zakari (#1062) and Zackary (#1513), Zachary would rank around #187 with about 2,000 births last year — the newborns split about 84/10/6 across Zachary, Zakari, and Zackary.
About 140 boys a year are given Zack as their full name and 62 Zach.
Similar names: Zachariah · Jordan · Zakai · Dakari · Jared · Jeremy
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