boys:
1.4k births since 1974
#3230 (30th percentile)
overall:
1.4k births since 1974
#6342 (18th percentile)
The name Zaki is the #6,342 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,401 recorded births since 1974. This represents the 18.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 18.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,230 (29.5% percentile) for all time with 1,401 births since 1974.
Zaki first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1974 (first recorded for boys in 1974). Birth data for Zaki is available in 48 out of the 50 years between 1974 and 2023. 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.
For boys, Zaki reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 6.3% percentile (ranked #850) with 28 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 34 births per million (ranked 6.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Zaki is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #854 (6.3% percentile) with 34 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Zaki".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Zaki is pronounced as ZAH-kee, which has 2 syllables.
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