Zachariah

maleStatistical record

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

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

Zachariah: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #236 in 2007, and it stood at #676 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
61times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#236highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#345
1997	#339
1998	#285
1999	#281
2000	#314
2001	#327
2002	#271
2003	#280
2004	#328
2005	#328
2006	#356
2007	#286
2008	#318
2009	#357
2010	#330
2011	#333
2012	#332
2013	#323
2014	#338
2015	#377
2016	#350
2017	#388
2018	#351
2019	#374
2020	#395
2021	#370
2022	#375
2023	#299
2024	#371

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: #371 among boys in England and Wales, #727 among boys in Scotland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #345 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 recorded2006–2022
Highest recorded position: #236 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2007 (recorded 2006–2022).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Zachariah appears in 3 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 3,234 births with the name.

Zachariah across 3 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.

Zachariah'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	#345 (1996)	#271 (2002)	#371 (2024)	29 of 29	3,234 (1996–2024)	148 (2023)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#369 (1998)	#342 (2007)	#676 (2025)	18 of 28	73 (1998–2025)	9 (2007)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#341 (2006)	#236 (2007)	#352 (2022)	13 of 17	53 (2006–2022)	7 (2007)

Zachariah 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 Zachariah in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	330	4 of 10	83
2000s	1,032	10 of 10	103
2010sbusiest	1,268	10 of 10	127
2020s	604	5 of 10	121

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 127 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2006 and 2007, when recorded births rose by 41, from 97 to 138.

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

Zachariah 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 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #236 in Northern Ireland in 2007.

Zachariah'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	#371	116	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#299	148	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#375	113	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#370	122	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#395	105	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#374	116	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#351	130	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#388	115	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#350	133	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#377	116	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#338	133	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#323	130	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#332	133	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#333	130	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#330	132	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#357	109	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#318	124	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#286	138	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#356	97	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#328	97	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#328	91	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#280	107	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#271	103	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#327	81	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#314	85	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#281	99	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#285	91	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#339	71	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#345	69	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#352	4	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#433	3	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#392	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#421	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#288	6	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#343	4	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#311	5	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#261	6	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#387	3	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#390	3	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#236	7	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#341	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#676	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#508	6	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#529	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#342	9	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	4	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#409	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#369	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 4 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #236, first reached in 2007.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 148 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1998, 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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Zacharia · #840, 29y
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Zachary · #29, 41y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Andy · #236, 33y
Egle · #235, 26y
Kaylee · #235, 30y
Sierra · #237, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aiza · #236, 27y
Andy · #236, 33y
Ayomide · #236, 29y
Iwan · #236, 29y

Zachariah was ranked #236 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 2007. 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.

Zachariah 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 Zachariah without appearing here.

Zachariah moved ahead of

Wayne Compare
In 1997 they stood at #339 and #323 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #285 and #490.
Andreas Compare
In 2024 they stood at #710 and #710 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #676 and #829.
Connor Compare
In 2024 they stood at #770 and #396 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #676 and #829.
Harris Compare
In 2024 they stood at #770 and #436 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #676 and #829.

Moved ahead of Zachariah

Riley Compare
In 1999 they stood at #281 and #297 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #314 and #194.
Finley Compare
In 1997 they stood at #339 and #484 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #285 and #182.
Arthur Compare
In 2008 they stood at #236 and #357 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2009 that had become #390 and #293.
Tommy Compare
In 2008 they stood at #236 and #357 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2009 that had become #390 and #293.

Moved the opposite way to Zachariah

Caleb Compare
Between 1998 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Zachariah went from #369 to #676 while Caleb went from #242 to #108.
Callum Compare
Between 1998 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Zachariah went from #369 to #676 while Callum went from #99 to #49.
Charlie Compare
Between 1998 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Zachariah went from #369 to #676 while Charlie went from #145 to #13.
Cillian Compare
Between 1998 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Zachariah went from #369 to #676 while Cillian went from #60 to #9.

Moved the same way as Zachariah

Aaron Compare
Between 1998 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Zachariah went from #369 to #676 and Aaron from #6 to #71.
Adam Compare
Between 1998 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Zachariah went from #369 to #676 and Adam from #5 to #20.
Adrian Compare
Between 1998 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Zachariah went from #369 to #676 and Adrian from #133 to #348.
Alan Compare
Between 1998 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Zachariah went from #369 to #676 and Alan from #46 to #232.

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 4 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #236 in Northern Ireland in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Zachariah

Zachariah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Zachariah across 3 official records

Zachariah by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Zachariah appears in

Popularity data

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Zachariah at a glance

Zachariah across 3 official records

Zachariah by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Zachariah appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Zachariah and the names beside it

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