How popular is the name Zechariah?

Zechariah ranks 1,009th among boys' names in US records, with 11,072 births since 1971. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,864.

Is Zechariah a unisex name?

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

2015, when 394 children were given the name. It has been in use for 54 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Boy name#1,009 of boy names

Pronounced Z EH1 K AA1 R IY0 AA1 (ARPABET)

Zechariah is a boys' name, and first appears in 1971. It has been given to 11,072 children — the 1,009th most common boys' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2015, when 394 children were given it.

2015Boys: 394Girls: 0

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 Zechariah?: Zechariah ranks 1,009th among boys' names in US records, with 11,072 births since 1971. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,864.
Is Zechariah a unisex name?: No. Zechariah is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Zechariah most popular?: 2015, when 394 children were given the name. It has been in use for 54 years and is still recorded as of 2024.