Zachariah
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning the lord has remembered.
How Zachariah has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #417 |
| 2016 | #436 |
| 2017 | #441 |
| 2018 | #484 |
| 2019 | #477 |
| 2020 | #520 |
| 2021 | #548 |
| 2022 | #533 |
| 2023 | #588 |
| 2024 | #569 |
| 2025 | #538 |
Zachariah by the numbers
In 2025, 123 babies in England and Wales were named Zachariah. In the US, 694 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 874 babies in 1992, making it a 1990s name.
At its height, in 1995, about 1 in 2,600 American boys born that year was called Zachariah.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Zachariah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- ZechariahGod remembers or the Lord is my strength317 in the US (2017)
- Zachariasthe lord has remembered75 in the US (2017)
- Zackariahgod has remembered; variant of zechariah5 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zachariathe lord remembers; a form of Zacharias7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zacariahthe lord has remembered; variant of Zechariah3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zacharyahgod has remembered; a form of zachary8 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Zachariah
Names that are said the same way as Zachariah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Zacheriahgod has remembered; variant of Zechariah7 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean God
Like Zachariah, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Zachariah
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