Recorded 1971–2025 · United States
Zechariah was most popular in 2015, when 394 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,364 that year. In 2025 it ranked #1,735, with 290 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 11,369 people named Zechariah.
Zechariah first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1971, which makes it about 54 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 55 of the 55 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 11,369 American births named Zechariah 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 11,149 are estimated to be alive today.
290 American babies were named Zechariah in 2025, ranking #1,735 that year.
Zechariah is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 257 births a year, against 366 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -30% 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 Zechariah is a boy’s name — 0.2% of the 11,369 Americans given it were girls and 99.8% 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 11,149 Americans named Zechariah are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 18 years old, and half are between 11 and 28.
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.
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