Given name & surname · also Hebrew
Zackary
“The Lord remembers”
In English use, Zackary has a related form in Zachary. In Hebrew use, Zachary carries the interpretation “The Lord remembers.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Zackary has a related form in Zachary. In Hebrew use, Zachary carries the interpretation “The Lord remembers.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Zackary comes from Hebrew, and ultimately from Koine Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1921. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Zackary through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 31,600
- 31,593 boys · 7 girls
- Most popular year
- 2001
- 1,386 babies
- 2025
- 116
- #1,513 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −34%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 116 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,513 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 33.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 1,386 in 2001. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (14). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 23,961 as a first name in 2020; 230 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Zackary’s family of names
In English usage, Zackary has a related form in Zachary. In English usage, Zackary has a conventional equivalent in the German form Zacharias.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Zackary
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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