Zakariyah

maleStatistical record

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

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

Zakariyah: Recorded since 1997, its highest recorded position is #638, reached in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#638highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2859
2001	#2587
2002	#3225
2003	#2470
2004	#3651
2005	#3849
2006	#2538
2007	#1756
2008	#3158
2009	#1749
2010	#1289
2011	#1124
2012	#1152
2013	#976
2014	#805
2015	#996
2016	#858
2017	#861
2018	#835
2019	#874
2020	#856
2021	#1055
2022	#925
2023	#791
2024	#638

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 25 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2859 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #638 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #638 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Zakariyah 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 Zakariyah in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	52	9 of 10	6
2010s	305	10 of 10	31
2020sbusiest	194	5 of 10	39

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 39 births a year.

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

Zakariyah 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 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #638 in England and Wales in 2024.

Zakariyah'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	#638	59	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#791	41	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#925	33	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1055	27	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#856	34	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#874	34	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#835	37	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#861	36	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#858	37	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#996	29	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#805	38	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#976	29	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1152	23	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1124	23	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1289	19	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1749	12	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1756	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2538	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#2470	5	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	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 1997 and 2024, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #638, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 59 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

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.

Zakariah · #842, 29y
Zakariya · #127, 29y
Zakariyya · #557, 29y
Zakariyyah · #2404, 12y

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.

Bilaal · #638, 28y
Shuaib · #639, 29y
Manon · #641, 29y
Nafeesa · #635, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Bilaal · #638, 28y
Blythe · #638, 29y
Clover · #638, 27y
Corah · #638, 16y

Zakariyah was ranked #638 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.

Zakariyah 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 Zakariyah without appearing here.

Zakariyah moved ahead of

Robyn Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3651 and #3009 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1289 and #4678.
Espen Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3849 and #3849 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1749 and #4527.
Jade Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3651 and #3651 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1749 and #4527.
Kristoffer Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3849 and #3208 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1756 and #4333.

Moved the opposite way to Zakariyah

Aaron Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zakariyah went from #2859 to #638 while Aaron went from #32 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zakariyah went from #2859 to #638 while Adam went from #20 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zakariyah went from #2859 to #638 while Alan went from #179 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zakariyah went from #2859 to #638 while Alex went from #43 to #171.

Moved the same way as Zakariyah

Albie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zakariyah went from #2859 to #638 and Albie from #914 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zakariyah went from #2859 to #638 and Alfie from #92 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zakariyah went from #2859 to #638 and Alfred from #192 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zakariyah went from #2859 to #638 and Archie from #141 to #10.

What's not yet available

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #638 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Zakariyah

Zakariyah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Zakariyah by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Zakariyah at a glance

Zakariyah by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Zakariyah 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 Zakariyah

Zakariyah and the names beside it

Zakariyah moved ahead of

Moved the opposite way to Zakariyah

Moved the same way as Zakariyah