boys:
5.6k births since 1970
#1587 (65th percentile)
overall:
5.6k births since 1970
#3640 (53rd percentile)
The name Zakary is the #3,640 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,572 recorded births since 1970. This represents the 53.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 53.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,587 (65.4% percentile) for all time with 5,572 births since 1970.
Zakary first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1970 (first recorded for boys in 1970).
For boys, Zakary reached its peak popularity in 2002, achieving the 31.0% percentile (ranked #561) with 129 births per million. The name was most common in 2002, with 129 births per million (ranked 31.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2003, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Zakary ranks #887 for boys (2.6% percentile) with 16 births per million, which is 12.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zakary".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Zakary. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 27.8% confident that Zakary is pronounced as ZA-ker-ee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ZA-kuh-ree, at 22.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like Z AE1 K ER0 IY0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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