Zak
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning the lord has remembered; a form of zachary.
Babies a year
62
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#611
62 babies · down from #592
Zak by the numbers
In 2025, 62 babies in England and Wales were named Zak. In the US, 37 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 50 babies in 2004, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Zak. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Zackgod remembers; a form of zacharias108 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zacthe lord has remembered; a form of Zachary87 in England and Wales (2025)
- Zakipure; intelligent; smart; virtuous32 in England and Wales (2025)
- ZakkGod remembers; a form of Zachary11 in the US (2017)
- Zay14 in the US (2017)
- Zae13 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean God
Like Zak, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.