Is Zakari a boy or girl name?

Zakari is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 2,729 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 9.4% were girls and 90.6% were boys.

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Zakari

Recorded 1986–2025 · United States

Zakari was most popular in 2023, when 228 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,030 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,108, with 215 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,729 people named Zakari.

Zakari over time

Births per year. The dot marks Zakari’s peak in 2023. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Zakari a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Zakari is mostly a boy’s name — 9.4% of the 2,729 Americans given it were girls and 90.6% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 7% girls and 93% 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.

Names that peaked alongside Zakari

Where Zakari is most concentrated

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