girls:
236 births since 2000
#5480 (4th percentile)
boys:
2.1k births since 1986
#2764 (40th percentile)
overall:
2.3k births since 1986
#5502 (29th percentile)
The name Zakari is the #5,502 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,302 recorded births since 1986. This represents the 28.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 28.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,764 (39.7% percentile) for all time with 2,066 births since 1986. For girls, it ranks #5,480 (4.1% percentile) for all time with 236 births since 2000.
Zakari first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1986 (1986 for boys and 2000 for girls).
The name Zakari has been given predominantly to boys, with 89.7% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 93.4% of babies named Zakari were boys.
For boys, Zakari reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 22.7% percentile (ranked #704) with 116 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 116 births per million (ranked 22.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2013, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Zakari is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #704 (22.7% percentile) with 116 births per million.
For girls, Zakari reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #944) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 12 births per million (ranked 1.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Zakari ranks #937 for girls (1.1% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 72.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zakari".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Zakari. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 78.4% confident that Zakari is pronounced as zuh-KAH-ree, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is zah-KAH-ree, at 21.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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