Zakariya

Meaning: God remembers
Origin: Hebrew — Arabic form of Zechariah

Boy's name · #1130 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Zakariya is climbing: on the charts since 1989, it reached #1130 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 190 boys given the name last year. Roughly 2,500 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 13 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#120 in England & Wales (2025) · #262 in Scotland (2025) · #291 in Netherlands (2025) · #313 in France (2025) · #404 in Canada (2025) · #415 in Belgium (2025) · #419 in Sweden (2025) · #772 in Italy (2024) · #1,911 in Switzerland (2025) · #3,558 in Austria (2025) · #770 in Ireland (2023) · #788 in Poland (2018) and 1 more.

Famous Zakariyas

Zakariya al-Qazwini — Persian scientist (c. 1203–1283)
Zakariya Khan Bahadur — Governor of Lahore during the Mughal Empire (died 1745)
Zakariya Mohammed — Malayalam film director (born 1988)
Zakariya Maimalari — Nigerian brigadier-general (died 1966)
Zakariya Rashid Hassan al-Ashiri — Bahraini journalist (1971–2011)

What Zakariyas become

Among 23 notable people named Zakariya:

No single standout — notable Zakariyas spread across many fields.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Zakaria (#1528), Zakariya would rank around #819 with about 300 births last year — the newborns split about 62/38 between Zakariya and Zakaria.

Similar names: Zakaria · Ilyas · Zakai · Shaurya · Yaseen · Saif

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