girls:
26 births since 2011
#5690 (0th percentile)
boys:
331 births since 2006
#4255 (7th percentile)
overall:
357 births since 2006
#7382 (5th percentile)
The name Zakhari is the #7,382 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 357 recorded births since 2006. This represents the 4.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,255 (7.2% percentile) for all time with 331 births since 2006. For girls, it ranks #5,690 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 26 births since 2011.
Zakhari first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2006 (2006 for boys and 2011 for girls). Birth data for Zakhari is available in 16 out of the 18 years between 2006 and 2023 (16 years for boys and 5 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 Zakhari has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 92.7% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 91.4% of babies named Zakhari were boys.
For boys, Zakhari reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 5.3% percentile (ranked #863) with 29 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 29 births per million (ranked 5.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Zakhari is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #863 (5.3% percentile) with 29 births per million.
For girls, Zakhari reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #939) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Zakhari ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 84.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zakhari".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Zakhari. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 36.4% confident that Zakhari is pronounced as zah-KAH-ree, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is zuhk-HAH-ree, at 33.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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