girls:
93 births since 2006
#5623 (2nd percentile)
boys:
846 births since 1981
#3741 (18th percentile)
overall:
939 births since 1981
#6800 (12th percentile)
The name Zakariah is the #6,800 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 939 recorded births since 1981. This represents the 12.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,741 (18.4% percentile) for all time with 846 births since 1981. For girls, it ranks #5,623 (1.6% percentile) for all time with 93 births since 2006.
Zakariah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1981 (1981 for boys and 2006 for girls). Birth data for Zakariah is available in 38 out of the 43 years between 1981 and 2023 (38 years for boys and 11 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 Zakariah has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 90.1% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 82.1% of babies named Zakariah were boys.
For boys, Zakariah reached its peak popularity in 2009, achieving the 3.8% percentile (ranked #867) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 20 births per million (ranked 3.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Zakariah ranks #893 for boys (2.0% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 63.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Zakariah reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #928) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2011, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Zakariah ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 32.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zakariah".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Zakariah. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 37.2% confident that Zakariah is pronounced as zuh-KAH-ree-uh, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ZA-kuh-RAI-uh, at 25.6% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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