Zacharias

maleStatistical record

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

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

Zacharias: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #840 in 1999, and it stood at #2,088 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#840highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#853
1997	#1174
1998	#1110
1999	#840
2000	#1241
2001	#1135
2002	#907
2003	#1513
2004	#875
2005	#1377
2006	#1016
2007	#1361
2008	#867
2009	#1067
2010	#1407
2011	#1447
2012	#1430
2013	#2216
2014	#1819
2015	#1902
2016	#1363
2017	#2324
2018	#1235
2019	#1369
2020	#1548
2021	#2493
2022	#1781
2023	#1533
2024	#2088

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.

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

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #853 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: #840 among boys in England and Wales, in 1999 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2088 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Zacharias 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 Zacharias in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	59	4 of 10	15
2000sbusiest	184	10 of 10	18
2010s	150	10 of 10	15
2020s	63	5 of 10	13

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 18 births a year.

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

Zacharias 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: #840 in England and Wales in 1999.

Zacharias'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	#2088	11	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1533	16	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1781	13	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2493	8	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1548	15	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1369	18	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1235	21	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2324	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1363	19	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1902	12	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1819	12	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2216	9	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1430	17	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1447	16	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1407	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1067	24	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#867	31	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1361	16	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1016	22	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1377	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#875	24	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1513	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#907	19	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1135	13	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1241	11	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#840	19	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1110	12	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1174	11	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#853	17	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 #840, first reached in 1999.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 31 births, registered in England and Wales in 2008.

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 →
#2,088position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
31births registered in its largest year, 200825 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.

Zacharia · #840, 29y
Zachariah · #236, 30y
Zachary · #29, 41y
Zachery · #347, 29y

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.

Anees · #840, 25y
Fatema · #840, 29y
Kinza · #840, 29y
Zacharia · #840, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Anees · #840, 25y
Fatema · #840, 29y
Kinza · #840, 29y
Zacharia · #840, 29y

Zacharias was ranked #840 in England and Wales · Boys in 1999. 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.

Zacharias 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 Zacharias without appearing here.

Zacharias moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1533 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #5119.
Garry Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2216 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1819 and #4632.
Barry Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2493 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1781 and #4001.
Grant Compare
In 2021 they stood at #2493 and #2301 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1781 and #4001.

Moved ahead of Zacharias

Filip Compare
In 2004 they stood at #875 and #1160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1377 and #615.
Magnus Compare
In 2002 they stood at #907 and #1077 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1513 and #813.
Rune Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1533 and #1799 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2088 and #1460.
Kasper Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1016 and #1168 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1361 and #820.

Moved the opposite way to Zacharias

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zacharias went from #853 to #2088 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zacharias went from #853 to #2088 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zacharias went from #853 to #2088 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zacharias went from #853 to #2088 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Zacharias

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zacharias went from #853 to #2088 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zacharias went from #853 to #2088 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zacharias went from #853 to #2088 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zacharias went from #853 to #2088 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #840 in England and Wales in 1999. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Zacharias

Zacharias at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Zacharias by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Zacharias at a glance

Zacharias by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Zacharias

Zacharias and the names beside it

Zacharias moved ahead of

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