Zachary

maleStatistical record

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

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

Zachary: Recorded since 1976, it reached #29 in 1998, and it stood at #211 in 2025.

6registrars recorded it
169times a registrar ranked it
50years from first to last
#29highest recorded position
33groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Zachary's record

Held a top-100 place for 37 years running. Names by top-100 run
England and Wales registered 1,780 births with the name in 2013, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count
Held at least one birth in every 2,000 for 28 years. Names by sustained share
Moved 177 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#96
1997	#106
1998	#102
1999	#95
2000	#99
2001	#94
2002	#98
2003	#102
2004	#108
2005	#95
2006	#93
2007	#82
2008	#72
2009	#67
2010	#51
2011	#45
2012	#40
2013	#39
2014	#40
2015	#41
2016	#39
2017	#45
2018	#54
2019	#50
2020	#56
2021	#55
2022	#59
2023	#61
2024	#69

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 Republic of Ireland in 41 of the 50 years from 1976 to 2025.

In 2024: #69 among boys in England and Wales, #125 among boys in Northern Ireland, #125 among boys in Scotland, #179 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 6 national registrars across 6 regions, 1976–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1976
First recorded at #288 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1976 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1988–2023
Highest recorded position: #29 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 1998 (recorded 1988–2023).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #211 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Zachary appears in 5 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 41 years beginning in 1976, and has registered 767 births with the name.

Zachary 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.

Zachary'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
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#288 (1976)	#156 (1999)	#211 (2025)	41 of 50	767 (1976–2025)	41 (2012)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#72 (1988)	#29 (1998)	#86 (2023)	36 of 36	7,481 (1988–2023)	326 (1998)
New Zealand · Boys	#99 (1988)	#45 (2001)	#92 (2021)	34 of 34	2,781 (1988–2021)	114 (1997)
England and Wales · Boys	#96 (1996)	#39 (2013)	#69 (2024)	29 of 29	29,362 (1996–2024)	1,780 (2013)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#143 (1997)	#87 (2015)	#125 (2024)	28 of 28	503 (1997–2024)	37 (2015)

Zachary by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Zachary in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	7	2 of 10	4
1980s	15	3 of 10	5
1990s	108	10 of 10	11
2000s	165	10 of 10	17
2010sbusiest	315	10 of 10	32
2020s	157	6 of 10	26

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 32 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Zachary 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 1976 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #29 in New South Wales, Australia in 1998.

Zachary'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	#69	760	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#61	889	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#59	994	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#55	1,146	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#56	1,155	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#50	1,295	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#54	1,265	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#45	1,385	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#39	1,670	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#41	1,644	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#40	1,670	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#39	1,780	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#40	1,722	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#45	1,664	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#51	1,390	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#67	1,020	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#72	995	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#82	854	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#93	727	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#95	625	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#108	511	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#102	516	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#98	502	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#94	538	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#99	517	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#95	551	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#102	496	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#106	507	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#96	574	High	Verified
2023	New South Wales, Australia	male	#86	92	Insufficient	Not yet available
2022	New South Wales, Australia	male	#66	121	Insufficient	Not yet available
2021	New South Wales, Australia	male	#76	122	Insufficient	Not yet available
2020	New South Wales, Australia	male	#70	124	Insufficient	Not yet available
2019	New South Wales, Australia	male	#67	133	Insufficient	Not yet available
2018	New South Wales, Australia	male	#57	156	Insufficient	Not yet available
2017	New South Wales, Australia	male	#60	158	Insufficient	Not yet available
2016	New South Wales, Australia	male	#40	199	Insufficient	Not yet available
2015	New South Wales, Australia	male	#50	184	Insufficient	Not yet available
2014	New South Wales, Australia	male	#46	201	Insufficient	Not yet available
2013	New South Wales, Australia	male	#45	203	Insufficient	Not yet available
2012	New South Wales, Australia	male	#49	204	Insufficient	Not yet available
2011	New South Wales, Australia	male	#54	177	Insufficient	Not yet available
2010	New South Wales, Australia	male	#55	169	Insufficient	Not yet available
2009	New South Wales, Australia	male	#39	220	Insufficient	Not yet available
2008	New South Wales, Australia	male	#54	179	Insufficient	Not yet available
2007	New South Wales, Australia	male	#45	217	Insufficient	Not yet available
2006	New South Wales, Australia	male	#43	228	Insufficient	Not yet available
2005	New South Wales, Australia	male	#34	263	Insufficient	Not yet available
2004	New South Wales, Australia	male	#34	260	Insufficient	Not yet available
2003	New South Wales, Australia	male	#38	255	Insufficient	Not yet available
2002	New South Wales, Australia	male	#30	286	Insufficient	Not yet available
2001	New South Wales, Australia	male	#35	278	Insufficient	Not yet available
2000	New South Wales, Australia	male	#31	311	Insufficient	Not yet available
1999	New South Wales, Australia	male	#33	283	Insufficient	Not yet available
1998	New South Wales, Australia	male	#29	326	Insufficient	Not yet available
1997	New South Wales, Australia	male	#35	278	Insufficient	Not yet available
1996	New South Wales, Australia	male	#32	317	Insufficient	Not yet available
1995	New South Wales, Australia	male	#35	302	Insufficient	Not yet available
1994	New South Wales, Australia	male	#36	294	Insufficient	Not yet available
1993	New South Wales, Australia	male	#51	211	Insufficient	Not yet available
1992	New South Wales, Australia	male	#56	184	Insufficient	Not yet available
1991	New South Wales, Australia	male	#62	156	Insufficient	Not yet available
1990	New South Wales, Australia	male	#63	139	Insufficient	Not yet available
1989	New South Wales, Australia	male	#68	135	Insufficient	Not yet available
1988	New South Wales, Australia	male	#72	116	Insufficient	Not yet available
2021	New Zealand	male	#92	55	High	Verified
2020	New Zealand	male	#96	50	High	Verified
2019	New Zealand	male	#90	53	High	Verified
2018	New Zealand	male	#90	54	High	Verified
2017	New Zealand	male	#66	78	High	Verified
2016	New Zealand	male	#78	69	High	Verified
2015	New Zealand	male	#64	84	High	Verified
2014	New Zealand	male	#61	74	High	Verified
2013	New Zealand	male	#56	80	High	Verified
2012	New Zealand	male	#59	84	High	Verified
2011	New Zealand	male	#61	78	High	Verified
2010	New Zealand	male	#49	104	High	Verified
2009	New Zealand	male	#63	79	High	Verified
2008	New Zealand	male	#80	69	High	Verified
2007	New Zealand	male	#69	78	High	Verified
2006	New Zealand	male	#55	91	High	Verified
2005	New Zealand	male	#45	99	High	Verified
2004	New Zealand	male	#70	75	High	Verified
2003	New Zealand	male	#56	93	High	Verified
2002	New Zealand	male	#57	83	High	Verified
2001	New Zealand	male	#45	100	High	Verified
2000	New Zealand	male	#53	93	High	Verified
1999	New Zealand	male	#52	95	High	Verified
1998	New Zealand	male	#59	86	High	Verified
1997	New Zealand	male	#51	114	High	Verified
1996	New Zealand	male	#54	99	High	Verified
1995	New Zealand	male	#59	103	High	Verified
1994	New Zealand	male	#64	96	High	Verified
1993	New Zealand	male	#72	85	High	Verified
1992	New Zealand	male	#68	95	High	Verified
1991	New Zealand	male	#75	74	High	Verified
1990	New Zealand	male	#62	94	High	Verified
1989	New Zealand	male	#89	64	High	Verified
1988	New Zealand	male	#99	53	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#125	17	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#95	26	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#109	23	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#105	27	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#123	22	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#101	27	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#107	25	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#124	22	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#120	25	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#87	37	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#98	32	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#122	23	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#109	28	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#101	29	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#132	22	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#182	13	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#207	10	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#199	10	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#145	16	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#185	10	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#210	7	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#229	5	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#186	7	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#280	3	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#189	7	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#168	9	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#172	9	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#143	12	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#211	22	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#179	28	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#181	28	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#205	25	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#215	23	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#172	31	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#208	25	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#269	17	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#197	29	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#201	28	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#201	28	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#161	41	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#176	37	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#163	41	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#180	37	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#192	32	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#233	23	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#252	18	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#216	22	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#203	20	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#196	19	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#226	13	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#207	14	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#226	11	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#226	10	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#177	15	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#156	21	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#193	11	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#196	14	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#160	19	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#213	10	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#184	12	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#213	9	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#267	5	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#323	3	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#232	6	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#271	4	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#249	5	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#288	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#125	39	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 1976 and 2025, ranked in 41 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #29, first reached in 1998.

It held a top-100 place in 37 years, 37 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 1,780 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1988, and 48 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.

Zachariah · #236, 30y
Zacharias · #840, 29y
Zachery · #347, 29y
Zack · #135, 30y

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.

Alexis · #30, 41y
Reuben · #32, 43y
Rhys · #25, 46y
Beau · #22, 39y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Amber · #29, 52y
Annabelle · #29, 32y
Mie · #29, 45y
Eden · #30, 51y

Zachary was ranked #29 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys in 1998. 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.

Zachary 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 Zachary without appearing here.

Zachary moved ahead of

Daithi Compare
In 2017 they stood at #197 and #71 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2018 that had become #269 and #471.
Bruce Compare
In 2000 they stood at #324 and #269 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2001 that had become #226 and #409.
Graeme Compare
In 1995 they stood at #213 and #168 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1996 that had become #160 and #336.
Colin Compare
In 2007 they stood at #199 and #189 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2008 that had become #207 and #328.

Moved ahead of Zachary

Logan Compare
In 2000 they stood at #172 and #240 in Northern Ireland · Boys; by 2001 that had become #280 and #162.
Shea Compare
In 2024 they stood at #179 and #187 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2025 that had become #211 and #125.
Jack Compare
In 1978 they stood at #288 and #316 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1979 that had become #324 and #257.
Ollie Compare
In 2012 they stood at #163 and #174 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2013 that had become #176 and #113.

Moved the opposite way to Zachary

Ashley Compare
Between 1979 and 2020 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Zachary went from #324 to #172 while Ashley went from #324 to #637.
Ronald Compare
Between 1976 and 2012 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Zachary went from #288 to #163 while Ronald went from #164 to #718.
Ethan Compare
Between 1990 and 2021 in New Zealand · Boys, Zachary went from #62 to #92 while Ethan went from #47 to #27.
Harrison Compare
Between 1992 and 2023 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys, Zachary went from #56 to #86 while Harrison went from #96 to #27.

Moved the same way as Zachary

Riley Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Zachary went from #280 to #125 and Riley from #280 to #108.
Tadhg Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Zachary went from #280 to #125 and Tadhg from #280 to #99.
Theo Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Zachary went from #280 to #125 and Theo from #243 to #5.
Theodore Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in Northern Ireland · Boys, Zachary went from #280 to #125 and Theodore from #243 to #32.

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 1976 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #29 in New South Wales, Australia in 1998. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Zachary

Zachary at a glance

What stands out in Zachary's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Zachary across 5 official records

Zachary by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Zachary appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Zachary

Zachary and the names beside it

Zachary moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Zachary

Moved the opposite way to Zachary

Moved the same way as Zachary

Zachary at a glance

What stands out in Zachary's record

Zachary across 5 official records

Zachary by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Zachary appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Zachary

Zachary and the names beside it

Zachary moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Zachary

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Moved the same way as Zachary