girls:
457 births since 1993
#5259 (8th percentile)
boys:
2.6k births since 1980
#2457 (46th percentile)
overall:
3.1k births since 1980
#4890 (37th percentile)
The name Zakaria is the #4,890 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,090 recorded births since 1980. This represents the 36.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 36.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,457 (46.4% percentile) for all time with 2,633 births since 1980. For girls, it ranks #5,259 (8.0% percentile) for all time with 457 births since 1993.
Zakaria first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1980 (1980 for boys and 1993 for girls). Birth data for Zakaria is available in 40 out of the 44 years between 1980 and 2023 (40 years for boys and 28 years for girls). 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 Zakaria has been given predominantly to boys, with 85.2% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 92.7% of babies named Zakaria were boys.
For boys, Zakaria reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 15.3% percentile (ranked #774) with 73 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 73 births per million (ranked 15.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Zakaria ranks #801 for boys (12.1% percentile) with 63 births per million, which is 85.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Zakaria reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 5.9% percentile (ranked #885) with 31 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 31 births per million (ranked 5.9% percentile). Despite a low point in 2017, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for girls. Currently, Zakaria ranks #943 for girls (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 16.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zakaria".
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Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Zakaria. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 54.5% confident that Zakaria is pronounced as zuh-KAH-ree-uh, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is zah-KAH-ree-uh, at 24.2% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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