Zak

maleStatistical record

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

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

Zak: Recorded since 1993, it reached #100 in 2005, and it stood at #611 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
90times a registrar ranked it
33years from first to last
#100highest recorded position

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2025

How to read this chart

A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#111
1997	#120
1998	#121
1999	#118
2000	#106
2001	#103
2002	#108
2003	#109
2004	#105
2005	#100
2006	#108
2007	#101
2008	#100
2009	#112
2010	#123
2011	#154
2012	#166
2013	#180
2014	#199
2015	#223
2016	#242
2017	#321
2018	#298
2019	#353
2020	#392
2021	#433
2022	#423
2023	#482
2024	#592
2025	#611

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 Republic of Ireland in 31 of the 33 years from 1993 to 2025.

In 2025: #611 among boys in England and Wales, #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1993–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

First recorded1993
First recorded at #275 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1993 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2025
Highest recorded position: #100 among boys in England and Wales, in 2005 (recorded 1996–2025).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #611 among boys in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Boys

Zak appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 31 years beginning in 1993, and has registered 261 births with the name.

Zak 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.

Zak'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	#275 (1993)	#225 (2008)	#676 (2025)	31 of 33	261 (1993–2025)	23 (2008)
England and Wales · Boys	#111 (1996)	#100 (2005)	#611 (2025)	30 of 30	10,050 (1996–2025)	626 (2007)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#169 (1997)	#111 (2009)	#256 (2024)	28 of 28	303 (1997–2024)	27 (2009)

Zak 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 Zak in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	32	6 of 10	5
2000sbusiest	117	10 of 10	12
2010s	85	10 of 10	9
2020s	27	5 of 10	5

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 12 births a year.

See the names Republic of Ireland has recorded the most births with →

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1993 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #100 in England and Wales in 2008.

Zak'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
2025	England and Wales	male	#611	62	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#592	64	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#482	83	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#423	97	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#433	96	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#392	108	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#353	126	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#298	163	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#321	152	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#242	224	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#223	252	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#199	285	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#180	313	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#166	357	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#154	392	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#123	505	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#112	516	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#100	624	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#101	626	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#108	528	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#100	582	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#105	524	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#109	474	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#108	445	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#103	495	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#106	438	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#118	397	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#121	372	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#120	345	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#111	405	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#256	7	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#348	4	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#311	5	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#326	5	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#392	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#274	6	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#255	7	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#250	7	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#253	7	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#202	11	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#208	10	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#191	11	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#139	20	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#142	20	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#111	27	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#132	21	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#135	21	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#145	16	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#135	17	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#149	14	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#172	10	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#157	10	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#181	8	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#140	12	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#210	6	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#207	6	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#169	9	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#676	4	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#520	6	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#509	6	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#637	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#564	5	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#471	7	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#547	5	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#389	9	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#554	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#403	9	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#282	16	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#379	10	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#540	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#301	14	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	12	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#225	23	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#253	15	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#282	11	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#231	14	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#244	11	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#305	7	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#235	10	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#251	8	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#274	6	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#229	7	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	6	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#261	7	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#275	5	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#218	19	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.

Where Zak is officially recorded

4 official registrars have recorded Zak, between 1993 and 2025, in 32 of those 33 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Each mark is a year the registrar recorded the name; the diamond is that registrar's highest position. Gaps can mean a year was not published, not that the name went unused.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
Republic of Ireland	1993–2025	31	#225 in 2008
England and Wales	1996–2025	30	#100 in 2005
Northern Ireland	1997–2024	28	#111 in 2009
Scotland	2024	1	#218 in 2024

Its high point came 19 years earlier in England and Wales (2005) than in Scotland (2024).

Names measured beside itNeighbours, comparisons, related names and shared trajectories

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1993 and 2025, ranked in 32 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #100, first reached in 2005.

It held a top-100 place in 2 years.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 626 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 31 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.

Zaire · #785, 14y
Zaiyan · #1984, 12y
Zakai · #1076, 18y
Zakari · #1591, 27y

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.

Indi · #100, 28y
Maisy · #100, 30y
Kaiden · #99, 29y
Esmae · #102, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Indi · #100, 28y
Maisy · #100, 30y
Kaiden · #99, 29y
Eirinn · #102, 27y

Zak was ranked #100 in England and Wales · Boys in 2005. 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.

Gabriel#96
Evan#97
Frederick#98
Scott#99
Hayden#101
Reuben#102
Jude#103
Tom#104

What is known about Zak

How to read this

How often it is registered: Official record; 4 official registrars, 1993–2025.
Meaning: Not established; Not researched yet.
Origin: Not established; Not researched yet.
Pronunciation: Not established; Not recorded yet.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not 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 1993 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #100 in England and Wales in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Zak

Zak at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Zak across 3 official records

Zak by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Popularity data

Where Zak is officially recorded

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Zak

What is known about Zak

Zak at a glance

Zak across 3 official records

Zak by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Zak