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 #676 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
89times a registrar ranked it
33years from first to last
#100highest recorded position
16groupings 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	#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

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 2024: #218 among boys in Scotland, #256 among boys in Northern Ireland, #520 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #592 among boys in England and Wales.

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

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 recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #100 among boys in England and Wales, in 2005 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · 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)	#592 (2024)	29 of 29	9,988 (1996–2024)	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 Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Zak 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 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
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.

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.

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Zakari · #1591, 26y

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, 26y

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.

Zak 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 Zak without appearing here.

Zak moved ahead of

Kenneth Compare
In 2020 they stood at #637 and #637 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2021 that had become #454 and #755.
Phillip Compare
In 2013 they stood at #540 and #540 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2014 that had become #403 and #609.
Graham Compare
In 2012 they stood at #379 and #354 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2013 that had become #282 and #448.
Sean Compare
In 2021 they stood at #433 and #412 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #423 and #577.

Moved ahead of Zak

Mathias Compare
In 2023 they stood at #482 and #500 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #592 and #406.
Cameron Compare
In 1994 they stood at #275 and #339 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1995 that had become #334 and #191.
Callum Compare
In 1994 they stood at #275 and #339 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 1995 that had become #334 and #206.
Jeremy Compare
In 2023 they stood at #509 and #779 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #520 and #394.

Moved the opposite way to Zak

Alex Compare
Between 1993 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Zak went from #275 to #676 while Alex went from #127 to #37.
Ben Compare
Between 1993 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Zak went from #275 to #676 while Ben went from #112 to #40.
Callum Compare
Between 1993 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Zak went from #275 to #676 while Callum went from #339 to #49.
Fionn Compare
Between 1993 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Zak went from #275 to #676 while Fionn went from #132 to #6.

Moved the same way as Zak

Daithi Compare
Between 1993 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Zak went from #275 to #676 and Daithi from #275 to #509.
Denis Compare
Between 1993 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Zak went from #275 to #676 and Denis from #93 to #232.
Oisin Compare
Between 1993 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Zak went from #275 to #676 and Oisin from #73 to #262.
Ronan Compare
Between 1993 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Zak went from #275 to #676 and Ronan from #57 to #86.

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 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

Zak appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Zak and the names beside it

Zak moved ahead of

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Zak at a glance

Zak across 3 official records

Zak by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Zak appears in

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

Zak and the names beside it

Zak moved ahead of

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