Zakaria

maleStatistical record

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

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

Zakaria: Recorded since 1976, it reached #271 in 2005, and it stood at #392 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
84times a registrar ranked it
50years from first to last
#271highest recorded position
14groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#535
1997	#694
1998	#365
1999	#467
2000	#527
2001	#401
2002	#431
2003	#371
2004	#376
2005	#457
2006	#425
2007	#427
2008	#444
2009	#417
2010	#402
2011	#407
2012	#429
2013	#451
2014	#409
2015	#410
2016	#501
2017	#439
2018	#465
2019	#463
2020	#505
2021	#469
2022	#555
2023	#494
2024	#418

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 Norway in 41 of the 50 years from 1976 to 2025.

In 2025: #392 among boys in Norway, #676 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1976–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1976
First recorded at #634 among boys in Norway in 1976 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1976–2025
Highest recorded position: #271 among boys in Norway, in 2005 (recorded 1976–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #392 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Zakaria appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 41 years beginning in 1976, and has registered 378 births with the name.

Zakaria 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.

Zakaria'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
Norway · Boys	#634 (1976)	#271 (2005)	#392 (2025)	41 of 50	378 (1976–2025)	17 (2009)
England and Wales · Boys	#535 (1996)	#365 (1998)	#418 (2024)	29 of 29	2,187 (1996–2024)	102 (2015)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#451 (2002)	#451 (2002)	#676 (2025)	13 of 24	51 (2002–2025)	5 (2011)

Zakaria by decade in Norway · 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 Zakaria in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	9	2 of 10	5
1980s	25	5 of 10	5
1990s	62	9 of 10	7
2000sbusiest	104	9 of 10	12
2010s	117	10 of 10	12
2020s	61	6 of 10	10

Across Norway · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 12 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Zakaria 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 1976 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #271 in Norway in 2005.

Zakaria'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	#418	96	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#494	80	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#555	69	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#469	87	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#505	75	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#463	87	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#465	87	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#439	96	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#501	81	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#410	102	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#409	99	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#451	87	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#429	92	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#407	98	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#402	98	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#417	92	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#444	82	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#427	82	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#425	78	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#457	62	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#376	76	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#371	72	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#431	52	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#401	57	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#527	37	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#467	45	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#365	63	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#694	23	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#535	32	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#421	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#392	8	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#390	8	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#309	13	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#299	13	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#387	7	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#295	12	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#303	14	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#387	9	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#355	11	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#296	16	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#330	13	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#331	13	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#478	6	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#279	17	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#451	7	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#357	11	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#285	17	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#315	14	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#466	7	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#271	15	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#301	13	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#320	12	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#361	9	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#399	8	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#387	9	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#426	8	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#538	5	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#486	6	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#428	8	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#517	6	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#466	7	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#353	12	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#521	6	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#650	4	High	Verified
1989	Norway	male	#564	6	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#532	7	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#650	4	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#641	4	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#656	4	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#602	5	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#634	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#676	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#552	5	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#556	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#646	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#615	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#609	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#605	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#616	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#540	5	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1976 and 2025, ranked in 42 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #271, first reached in 2005.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 102 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 40 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.

Zakai · #1076, 17y
Zakari · #1591, 26y
Zakariah · #842, 29y
Zakariya · #127, 29y

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.

Emelie · #270, 44y
Gabriele · #268, 43y
Haris · #261, 41y
Fredrick · #286, 44y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

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

Lyndon · #271, 34y
Glyn · #272, 23y
Gregg · #273, 16y
Saima · #273, 47y

Zakaria was ranked #271 in Norway · 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.

Zakaria 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 Zakaria without appearing here.

Zakaria moved ahead of

Ashleigh Compare
In 1997 they stood at #694 and #471 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #365 and #669.
Gerard Compare
In 1997 they stood at #694 and #462 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #365 and #657.
Kenneth Compare
In 2002 they stood at #431 and #411 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #371 and #633.
Roger Compare
In 2002 they stood at #361 and #356 in Norway · Boys; by 2003 that had become #320 and #552.

Moved ahead of Zakaria

Matheo Compare
In 2006 they stood at #271 and #280 in Norway · Boys; by 2007 that had become #466 and #152.
Braxton Compare
In 2011 they stood at #540 and #623 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #616 and #324.
Jonah Compare
In 2006 they stood at #271 and #387 in Norway · Boys; by 2007 that had become #466 and #219.
Noel Compare
In 2012 they stood at #279 and #294 in Norway · Boys; by 2013 that had become #478 and #264.

Moved the opposite way to Zakaria

Kim Compare
Between 1976 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Zakaria went from #634 to #309 while Kim went from #29 to #370.
Richard Compare
Between 1976 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Zakaria went from #634 to #309 while Richard went from #93 to #481.
Svein Compare
Between 1976 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Zakaria went from #634 to #309 while Svein went from #32 to #267.
Trond Compare
Between 1976 and 2023 in Norway · Boys, Zakaria went from #634 to #309 while Trond went from #12 to #446.

Moved the same way as Zakaria

Julian Compare
Between 1984 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Zakaria went from #656 to #392 and Julian from #334 to #54.
Ole Compare
Between 1998 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Zakaria went from #365 to #555 and Ole from #2901 to #4789.
Aaron Compare
Between 2002 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Zakaria went from #451 to #676 and Aaron from #12 to #71.
Adam Compare
Between 2002 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Zakaria went from #451 to #676 and Adam from #3 to #20.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1976 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #271 in Norway in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Zakaria

Zakaria at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Zakaria across 3 official records

Zakaria by decade in Norway · Boys

Zakaria appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

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Zakaria moved ahead of

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Zakaria at a glance

Zakaria across 3 official records

Zakaria by decade in Norway · Boys

Zakaria 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 Zakaria

Zakaria and the names beside it

Zakaria moved ahead of

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