Zakariah

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Zakariah: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Zakariah: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #842 in 2001, and it stood at #1,517 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#842highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2020
1997	#1578
1998	#2074
1999	#973
2000	#1096
2001	#842
2002	#848
2003	#1629
2004	#1596
2005	#2174
2006	#2087
2007	#1306
2008	#2097
2009	#1494
2010	#1911
2011	#1251
2012	#1589
2013	#1044
2014	#1144
2015	#1024
2016	#1081
2017	#1178
2018	#1132
2019	#1253
2020	#1935
2021	#1184
2022	#1420
2023	#1461
2024	#1517

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2020 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #842 among boys in England and Wales, in 2001 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1517 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Zakariah by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Zakariah in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	32	4 of 10	8
2000s	129	10 of 10	13
2010sbusiest	216	10 of 10	22
2020s	86	5 of 10	17

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 22 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Zakariah appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #842 in England and Wales in 2001.

Zakariah's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1517	17	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1461	17	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1420	18	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1184	23	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1253	20	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1132	24	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1178	23	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1081	26	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1024	28	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1144	23	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1044	26	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1589	15	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1251	20	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1911	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1494	15	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2097	9	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1306	17	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2174	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1596	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1629	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#848	21	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#842	20	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1096	13	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#973	15	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1578	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #842, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 28 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
29 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#1,517position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
28births registered in its largest year, 201525 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Zakari · #1591, 26y
Zakaria · #271, 42y
Zakariya · #127, 29y
Zakariyah · #638, 25y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ifrah · #842, 29y
Anis · #841, 29y
Jay-Jay · #841, 27y
Varun · #841, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Abigaile · #842, 13y
Anneliese · #842, 29y
Giada · #842, 19y
Ifrah · #842, 29y

Zakariah was ranked #842 in England and Wales · Boys in 2001. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Zakariah and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Zakariah without appearing here.

Zakariah moved ahead of

Robyn Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2020 and #1765 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1096 and #3036.
Johannes Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1589 and #1313 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1044 and #2660.
Anders Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2074 and #2074 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #973 and #2425.
Rodney Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1911 and #1911 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #1251 and #2613.

Moved ahead of Zakariah

Hunter Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1596 and #1878 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #2174 and #1135.
Hudson Compare
In 2002 they stood at #848 and #2005 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1629 and #1092.
Cooper Compare
In 2002 they stood at #848 and #907 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1629 and #1248.
Harper Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1420 and #1609 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1461 and #1207.

Moved the opposite way to Zakariah

Arlo Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zakariah went from #973 to #1517 while Arlo went from #2943 to #15.
Harper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zakariah went from #973 to #1517 while Harper went from #2425 to #1402.
Kasper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zakariah went from #973 to #1517 while Kasper went from #2425 to #529.
Rune Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zakariah went from #973 to #1517 while Rune went from #2943 to #1460.

Moved the same way as Zakariah

Espen Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zakariah went from #848 to #1517 and Espen from #3225 to #5119.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #842 in England and Wales in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Zakariah

Zakariah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Zakariah by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Zakariah at a glance

Zakariah by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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