Zac

maleStatistical record

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

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

Zac: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #65 in 2002, and it stood at #223 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
99times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#65highest recorded position
18groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Zac's record

Moved 189 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#276
1997	#273
1998	#269
1999	#197
2000	#207
2001	#211
2002	#226
2003	#229
2004	#224
2005	#249
2006	#212
2007	#165
2008	#122
2009	#118
2010	#110
2011	#123
2012	#136
2013	#144
2014	#145
2015	#177
2016	#165
2017	#221
2018	#205
2019	#230
2020	#241
2021	#244
2022	#303
2023	#364
2024	#442

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

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

In 2024: #176 among boys in Scotland, #216 among boys in Northern Ireland, #252 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #442 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #276 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 recorded1998–2012
Highest recorded position: #65 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 2002 (recorded 1998–2012).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #223 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Zac appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 7,272 births with the name.

Zac across 5 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Zac's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#276 (1996)	#110 (2010)	#442 (2024)	29 of 29	7,272 (1996–2024)	564 (2010)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#271 (1997)	#88 (2010)	#216 (2024)	27 of 28	385 (1997–2024)	37 (2010)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#297 (2001)	#179 (2019)	#223 (2025)	25 of 25	513 (2001–2025)	35 (2012)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#82 (1998)	#65 (2002)	#91 (2012)	15 of 15	1,843 (1998–2012)	146 (2009)
New Zealand · Boys	#90 (2011)	#87 (2012)	#87 (2012)	2 of 2	111 (2011–2012)	57 (2012)

Zac 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 Zac in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	468	4 of 10	117
2000s	2,337	10 of 10	234
2010sbusiest	3,719	10 of 10	372
2020s	748	5 of 10	150

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 372 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2007 and 2008, when recorded births rose by 149, from 306 to 455.

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

Zac appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #65 in New South Wales, Australia in 2002.

Zac'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	#442	91	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#364	113	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#303	148	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#244	198	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#241	198	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#230	219	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#205	264	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#221	241	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#165	355	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#177	330	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#145	379	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#144	410	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#136	451	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#123	506	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#110	564	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#118	496	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#122	455	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#165	306	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#212	195	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#249	139	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#224	163	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#229	142	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#226	138	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#211	148	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#207	155	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#197	163	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#269	104	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#273	100	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#276	101	High	Verified
2012	New South Wales, Australia	male	#91	121	Insufficient	Not yet available
2011	New South Wales, Australia	male	#77	138	Insufficient	Not yet available
2010	New South Wales, Australia	male	#78	136	Insufficient	Not yet available
2009	New South Wales, Australia	male	#73	146	Insufficient	Not yet available
2008	New South Wales, Australia	male	#85	119	Insufficient	Not yet available
2007	New South Wales, Australia	male	#75	133	Insufficient	Not yet available
2006	New South Wales, Australia	male	#87	113	Insufficient	Not yet available
2005	New South Wales, Australia	male	#80	116	Insufficient	Not yet available
2004	New South Wales, Australia	male	#66	134	Insufficient	Not yet available
2003	New South Wales, Australia	male	#81	111	Insufficient	Not yet available
2002	New South Wales, Australia	male	#65	136	Insufficient	Not yet available
2001	New South Wales, Australia	male	#70	133	Insufficient	Not yet available
2000	New South Wales, Australia	male	#85	105	Insufficient	Not yet available
1999	New South Wales, Australia	male	#94	95	Insufficient	Not yet available
1998	New South Wales, Australia	male	#82	107	Insufficient	Not yet available
2012	New Zealand	male	#87	57	High	Verified
2011	New Zealand	male	#90	54	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#216	9	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#161	14	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#264	7	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#150	16	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#193	10	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#178	13	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#128	19	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#117	24	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#112	27	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#142	19	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#145	19	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#111	27	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#125	22	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#143	19	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#88	37	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#117	24	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#128	23	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#179	12	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#282	4	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#205	8	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#305	3	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#201	7	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#220	5	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#207	6	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#224	5	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#277	3	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#271	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#223	21	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#252	17	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#212	23	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#198	26	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#182	29	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#294	15	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#179	31	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#180	31	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#220	25	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#201	28	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#245	21	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#215	27	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#223	25	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#182	35	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#198	31	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#216	26	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#204	28	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#219	24	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#271	14	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	5	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#370	6	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	9	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	6	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#393	4	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#297	6	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#176	25	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 6 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #65, first reached in 2002.

It held a top-100 place in 15 years, 15 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 564 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1997, and 28 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 6 registrars, 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.

Fletcher · #65, 30y
Mateo · #65, 31y
Zoey · #66, 32y
Amara · #68, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Fletcher · #65, 30y
Mateo · #65, 31y
Zach · #65, 32y
Alba · #66, 31y

Zac was ranked #65 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys in 2002. 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.

Zac 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 Zac without appearing here.

Zac moved ahead of

Daithi Compare
In 2017 they stood at #220 and #71 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #180 and #471.
Mohammed Compare
In 2011 they stood at #282 and #282 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #125 and #403.
Graham Compare
In 2008 they stood at #305 and #264 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2009 that had become #117 and #329.
Bradley Compare
In 2023 they stood at #264 and #264 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #216 and #404.

Moved ahead of Zac

Lachlan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #364 and #393 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #442 and #328.
Theodore Compare
In 2018 they stood at #128 and #141 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2019 that had become #178 and #84.
Elias Compare
In 2016 they stood at #165 and #168 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #221 and #129.
Cian Compare
In 2023 they stood at #364 and #396 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #442 and #355.

Moved the opposite way to Zac

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zac went from #276 to #442 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zac went from #276 to #442 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zac went from #276 to #442 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zac went from #276 to #442 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Zac

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zac went from #276 to #442 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zac went from #276 to #442 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zac went from #276 to #442 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zac went from #276 to #442 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 6 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #65 in New South Wales, Australia in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Zac

Zac at a glance

What stands out in Zac's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Zac across 5 official records

Zac by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Zac appears in

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What stands out in Zac's record

Zac across 5 official records

Zac by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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