Recorded 1900–2025 · United States
Zachary was most popular in 1993, when 25,591 American babies were given the name — ranking #18 that year. In 2025 it ranked #417, with 1,646 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 553,281 people named Zachary.
Zachary first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1900, which makes it about 125 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 115 of the 126 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 553,281 American births named Zachary between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 534,323 are estimated to be alive today.
1,646 American babies were named Zachary in 2025, ranking #417 that year.
Zachary is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 2,097 births a year, against 5,787 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -64% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Zachary is a boy’s name — 0.3% of the 553,281 Americans given it were girls and 99.7% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 534,323 Americans named Zachary are alive today — 97% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 30 years old, and half are between 23 and 36.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Hebrew · "the Lord has remembered"
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org