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Zakariyah

Boy

Meaning of Zakariyah: Arabic: 'God remembers'

Zakariyah is a boy's name most strongly associated with Arabic & Persian naming. It has 9 letters and 3 syllables, and it is familiar but far from overused — 6119th most popular boys' name in the United States in 2025 and 638th in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#6119

14 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#638

59 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

180

First recorded 2007 · peak 2012

Trend

stable

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 0 babies1982: 0 babies1983: 0 babies1984: 0 babies1985: 0 babies1986: 0 babies1987: 0 babies1988: 0 babies1989: 0 babies1990: 0 babies19901991: 0 babies1992: 0 babies1993: 0 babies1994: 0 babies1995: 0 babies1996: 0 babies1997: 0 babies1998: 0 babies1999: 0 babies2000: 0 babies20002001: 0 babies2002: 0 babies2003: 0 babies2004: 0 babies2005: 0 babies2006: 0 babies2007: 5 babies2008: 0 babies2009: 7 babies2010: 6 babies20102011: 7 babies2012: 17 babies2013: 12 babies2014: 16 babies2015: 12 babies2016: 10 babies2017: 13 babies2018: 11 babies2019: 8 babies2020: 0 babies20202021: 6 babies2022: 10 babies2023: 16 babies2024: 10 babies2025: 14 babies
US babies named Zakariyah per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 17.

Gender split

89% boys · 11% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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