Is Zakaria a boy or girl name?

Zakaria is mostly a boy’s name. Of the 3,349 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 13.9% were girls and 86.1% were boys.

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Zakaria

Recorded 1980–2025 · United States

Zakaria was most popular in 2011, when 175 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,377 that year. In 2025 it ranked #3,232, with 114 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,349 people named Zakaria.

Zakaria over time

Births per year. The dot marks Zakaria’s peak in 2011. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Zakaria a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Zakaria is mostly a boy’s name — 13.9% of the 3,349 Americans given it were girls and 86.1% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 8% girls and 92% 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 Zakaria

Where Zakaria 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