How popular is the name Zakaria?

Zakaria ranks 1,554th among boys' names in US records, with 5,353 births since 1971. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,402.

Is Zakaria a unisex name?

No. Zakaria is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2017, when 173 children were given the name. It has been in use for 54 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Zacharia, Zackaria. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#1,554 of boy names

Pronounced Z AE1 K AA1 R IY0 AH0 (ARPABET)

Zakaria is a boys' name, and first appears in 1971. It has been given to 5,353 children — the 1,554th most common boys' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2017, when 173 children were given it.

Two other spellings are counted in that total — Zacharia and Zackaria — because they are pronounced identically.

2017Boys: 173Girls: 11

These spellings sound identical to Zakaria and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Zakaria?: Zakaria ranks 1,554th among boys' names in US records, with 5,353 births since 1971. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,402.
Is Zakaria a unisex name?: No. Zakaria is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Zakaria most popular?: 2017, when 173 children were given the name. It has been in use for 54 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Zakaria spelled?: Zacharia, Zackaria. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.