Zack

Meaning: God remembers
Origin: Hebrew — Short form of Zachary

Boy's name · #1435 in the US (2025) · Vintage

Popularity over time

Zack belongs to an older America first — it reached #317 back in 1883 — yet it still appears in today's records at #1435. About 9,000 boys have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 8 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#179 in Ireland (2025) · #219 in Scotland (2025) · #248 in Canada (2025) · #270 in N. Ireland (2025) · #292 in France (2025) · #385 in England & Wales (2025) · #452 in Sweden (2025) · #739 in Belgium (2025) · #788 in Ecuador (2025) · #797 in Switzerland (2025) · #915 in Netherlands (2025) · #3,549 in Austria (2025) and 2 more.

Famous Zacks

Zack Snyder — American filmmaker (born 1966)
Zack de la Rocha — American musician, lead singer of Rage Against the Machine (born 1970)
Zack Polanski — British politician (born 1982)
Zack Ward — Canadian actor (born 1970)
Zack Greinke — American baseball player (born 1983)

In stories & tradition

Zack Fair — Character in Final Fantasy
Zack Martin — The Suite Life of Zack & Cody (TV series)
Zack Taylor — Power Rangers

What Zacks become

Among 295 notable people named Zack:

Sports figures appear 2.51× more often than among typical names — e.g. Zack Steffen, American footballer (born 1995).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Zach (#2515), Zack would rank around #1159 with about 180 births last year — the newborns split about 70/30 between Zack and Zach.

Similar names: Zach · Judson · Sam · Oren · Issac · Dan

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