Zechariah

maleStatistical record

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

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

Zechariah: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #518 in 2005, and it stood at #1,859 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#518highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1765
1997	#2337
1998	#1642
1999	#1850
2000	#1241
2001	#3134
2002	#1519
2003	#1629
2004	#1596
2005	#2174
2006	#4052
2007	#1885
2008	#1596
2009	#1981
2010	#1483
2011	#1788
2012	#1756
2013	#1462
2014	#1178
2015	#1586
2016	#1804
2017	#2172
2018	#1284
2019	#2104
2020	#1548
2021	#3017
2022	#2165
2023	#2007
2024	#1859

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 England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2005: #518 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2174 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1765 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
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1859 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Zechariah 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 Zechariah in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	23	4 of 10	6
2000s	85	10 of 10	9
2010sbusiest	147	10 of 10	15
2020s	55	5 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 15 births a year.

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

Zechariah 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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #518 in Republic of Ireland in 2005.

Zechariah'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	#1859	13	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2007	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2165	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1548	15	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2104	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1284	20	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2172	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1804	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1586	15	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1178	22	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1462	16	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1756	13	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1788	12	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1483	16	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1981	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1596	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1885	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2174	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1596	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1629	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1519	9	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#3134	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1241	11	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1642	7	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1765	6	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified

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

Its highest recorded position is #518, first reached in 2005.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 22 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2005, and 9 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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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Amine · #518, 29y
Andrey · #518, 24y
Christa · #518, 25y
Eren · #518, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Amine · #518, 29y
Braydon · #518, 29y
Eren · #518, 29y
Fawaz · #518, 28y

Zechariah was ranked #518 in Republic of Ireland · 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.

Zechariah 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 Zechariah without appearing here.

Zechariah moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2007 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1859 and #5119.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3017 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2007 and #4991.
Graeme Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4052 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1981 and #4527.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2165 and #1879 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2007 and #4107.

Moved ahead of Zechariah

Arlo Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1241 and #2142 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #3134 and #1949.
Hunter Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1596 and #1878 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #2174 and #1135.
Rune Compare
In 2020 they stood at #1548 and #2228 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3017 and #2125.
Ronny Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1629 and #1962 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1596 and #906.

Moved the same way as Zechariah

Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Zechariah went from #4052 to #1859 and Aksel from #4052 to #1132.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #518 in Republic of Ireland in 2005. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Zechariah

Zechariah at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Zechariah by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Zechariah at a glance

Zechariah by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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