Zakariya

maleStatistical record

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

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

Zakariya: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #127, reached in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
35times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#127highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#938
1997	#554
1998	#657
1999	#477
2000	#503
2001	#444
2002	#353
2003	#388
2004	#315
2005	#349
2006	#295
2007	#281
2008	#279
2009	#268
2010	#230
2011	#253
2012	#225
2013	#222
2014	#230
2015	#211
2016	#204
2017	#176
2018	#194
2019	#172
2020	#160
2021	#160
2022	#160
2023	#148
2024	#127

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 England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #127 among boys in England and Wales, #404 among boys in Scotland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #938 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #127 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #127 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Zakariya appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 5,447 births with the name.

Zakariya across 2 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.

Zakariya'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
England and Wales · Boys	#938 (1996)	#127 (2024)	#127 (2024)	29 of 29	5,447 (1996–2024)	434 (2024)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#720 (2010)	#540 (2011)	#770 (2023)	5 of 14	18 (2010–2023)	5 (2011)

Zakariya 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 Zakariya in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	116	4 of 10	29
2000s	988	10 of 10	99
2010s	2,561	10 of 10	256
2020sbusiest	1,782	5 of 10	356

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 356 births a year.

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

Zakariya 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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #127 in England and Wales in 2024.

Zakariya'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	#127	434	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#148	357	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#160	324	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#160	334	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#160	333	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#172	316	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#194	271	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#176	317	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#204	274	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#211	272	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#230	245	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#222	234	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#225	233	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#253	190	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#230	209	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#268	165	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#279	151	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#281	142	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#295	120	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#349	90	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#315	94	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#388	68	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#353	71	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#444	48	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#503	39	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#477	43	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#657	26	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#554	32	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#938	15	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#657	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#540	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#404	8	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 3 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #127, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 434 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2010, and 28 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.

Zakaria · #271, 42y
Zakariah · #842, 29y
Zakariyah · #638, 25y
Zakariyya · #557, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Alexa · #130, 29y
Betsy · #132, 29y
Jordon · #133, 30y
Keeley · #121, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Alida · #127, 35y
Jensen · #127, 30y
Maddie · #127, 30y
Dawson · #126, 28y

Zakariya was ranked #127 in England and Wales · Boys in 2024. 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.

Zakariya 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 Zakariya without appearing here.

Zakariya moved ahead of

Jonas Compare
In 1996 they stood at #938 and #728 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #554 and #1174.
Geoffrey Compare
In 1998 they stood at #657 and #571 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #477 and #1082.
Brent Compare
In 1998 they stood at #657 and #571 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1999 that had become #477 and #1027.
Denis Compare
In 1996 they stood at #938 and #755 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #554 and #1052.

Moved ahead of Zakariya

Hudson Compare
In 2014 they stood at #230 and #234 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #211 and #176.
Arlo Compare
In 2012 they stood at #225 and #247 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #222 and #189.
Hunter Compare
In 2012 they stood at #225 and #238 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #222 and #211.
Ollie Compare
In 2002 they stood at #353 and #379 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #388 and #377.

Moved the opposite way to Zakariya

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zakariya went from #938 to #127 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zakariya went from #938 to #127 while Adam went from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zakariya went from #938 to #127 while Alan went from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zakariya went from #938 to #127 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Zakariya

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zakariya went from #938 to #127 and Albie from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zakariya went from #938 to #127 and Alfie from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zakariya went from #938 to #127 and Alfred from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zakariya went from #938 to #127 and Archie from #192 to #10.

What's not yet available

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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 3 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #127 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Zakariya

Zakariya at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Zakariya across 2 official records

Zakariya by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Zakariya at a glance

Zakariya across 2 official records

Zakariya by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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