Given name

Zakariyah

Zakariyah is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Zakariyah isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2007. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Zakariyah through the years

Babies since 1880
180
161 boys · 19 girls
Most popular year
2012
17 babies
2025
14
#6,442 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+33%
Rising
Boys Girls
02.557.5102025Highest share 2023Boys 8.2Girls 0.0
Zakariyah in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2007–2025, per million births of each sex. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,442 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

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The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Zakariyah, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Zackariya

0Not recently recordedCooling

>99% boys

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Zacorey

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

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Zaivian

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Zaeden

20RareEasing

>99% boys

Modern

Nekoda

16Very rareSteady

85% boys · 15% girls

Modern

Aqib

13Very rareEasing

>99% boys

Modern

Zaimar

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Modern

Zykel

0Not recently recorded

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Zakariyah’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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