Zakai

maleStatistical record

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

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

Zakai: Recorded since 2007, its highest recorded position is #1,076, reached in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
17times a registrar ranked it
18years from first to last
#1076highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2007–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2007	#2435
2008	#3687
2009	#4527
2010	#2629
2012	#2458
2013	#3315
2014	#1721
2015	#2707
2016	#1431
2017	#1812
2018	#1455
2019	#1439
2020	#1492
2021	#1448
2022	#1314
2023	#1139
2024	#1076

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

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What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 17 of the 18 years from 2007 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2007–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2007
First recorded at #2435 among boys in England and Wales in 2007 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2007–2024
Highest recorded position: #1076 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 2007–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1076 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Zakai 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 Zakai in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	14	3 of 10	5
2010s	105	9 of 10	12
2020sbusiest	105	5 of 10	21

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 21 births a year.

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

Zakai 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 2007 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1076 in England and Wales in 2024.

Zakai'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	#1076	27	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1139	25	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1314	20	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1448	17	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1492	16	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1439	17	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1455	17	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1812	13	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1431	18	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2707	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1721	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2458	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	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 2007 and 2024, ranked in 17 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,076, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 27 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

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

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.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
13 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#1,076position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
27births registered in its largest year, 202425 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.

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Zak · #100, 32y
Zakari · #1591, 26y
Zakaria · #271, 42y

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.

Oswald · #1076, 20y
Poppy-May · #1075, 18y
Everett · #1078, 14y
Kaysan · #1078, 22y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Oswald · #1076, 20y
Poppy-May · #1075, 18y
Kaysan · #1078, 22y
Kaiyan · #1071, 21y

Zakai 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 Zakai without appearing here.

Zakai moved ahead of

Nils Compare
In 2015 they stood at #2707 and #2319 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2016 that had become #1431 and #4810.
Garry Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3315 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1721 and #4632.
Madison Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3315 and #3315 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1721 and #4632.
Daithi Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4527 and #4527 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #2458 and #4805.

Moved ahead of Zakai

Conan Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1439 and #1506 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1492 and #1379.

Moved the opposite way to Zakai

Aaron Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zakai went from #2435 to #1076 while Aaron went from #49 to #154.
Alan Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zakai went from #2435 to #1076 while Alan went from #226 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zakai went from #2435 to #1076 while Alex went from #58 to #171.
Alexander Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zakai went from #2435 to #1076 while Alexander went from #22 to #36.

Moved the same way as Zakai

Aksel Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zakai went from #2435 to #1076 and Aksel from #3589 to #1132.
Albie Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zakai went from #2435 to #1076 and Albie from #400 to #19.
Alfred Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zakai went from #2435 to #1076 and Alfred from #140 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2007 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zakai went from #2435 to #1076 and Archie from #33 to #10.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2007 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1076 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Zakai by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Zakai by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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