girls:
134 births since 2000
#5582 (2nd percentile)
boys:
27 births since 1993
#4559 (1st percentile)
overall:
161 births since 1993
#7578 (2nd percentile)
The name Zacaria is the #7,578 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 161 recorded births since 1993. This represents the 2.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,582 (2.3% percentile) for all time with 134 births since 2000. For boys, it ranks #4,559 (0.5% percentile) for all time with 27 births since 1993.
Zacaria first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1993 (1993 for boys and 2000 for girls). Birth data for Zacaria is available in 18 out of the 29 years between 1993 and 2021 (16 years for girls and 5 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Zacaria has been given predominantly to girls, with 83.2% of all recorded births being female. In 2021, 100.0% of babies named Zacaria were girls. Interestingly, until around 2000, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1993 to 1999), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (88.7% girls from 2000 to 2021).
For girls, Zacaria reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #925) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2021.
For boys, Zacaria reached its peak popularity in 2000, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #813) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2010, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2010.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zacaria".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Zacaria. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 48.3% confident that Zacaria is pronounced as zuh-KAH-ree-uh, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is zah-KAH-ree-uh, at 24.1% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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