Fun Facts About the Name Zacarias
- More than 1 thousand babies named Zacarias: U.S. records list 1,132 babies given the name Zacarias from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Zacarias Mean?
Zacarias is a form of the biblical name Zechariah, from Hebrew Zəkharyāh (זְכַרְיָה), which means "Yahweh has remembered." The Hebrew name is a compound: the verb zākhar, "to remember," joined to Yah, a shortened form of the divine name YHWH. The Greek Bible rendered this name as Zacharias, and Latin took the same form, Zacharias. Spanish and Portuguese inherited the name from that Latin tradition, giving Zacarías (with an accent in Spanish) and Zacarias (usually unaccented in Portuguese). The literal sense is "Yahweh has remembered"; the customary English phrasing is "the Lord has remembered."
Zacarias Name History & Origins
The Hebrew name Zəkharyāh appears in the Hebrew Bible for several figures, including the prophet Zechariah, one of the twelve Minor Prophets, and the priest Zechariah, father of John the Baptist, in the Gospel of Luke. In the Greek Septuagint and the Greek New Testament the name is Zacharias, and this Greek form was carried into Latin as Zacharias, the spelling found in the Vulgate.
From Latin, the name passed into the languages of Christian Europe. Spanish kept a stressed form, Zacarías, while Portuguese kept the unaccented Zacarias. The spelling Zacarias is therefore most closely tied to Portuguese usage, and it also appears in unaccented English renderings of the biblical name. Its use as a given name in Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking regions rests on the biblical figures rather than on any single later source.
How Popular is the Name Zacarias?
Zacarias has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2010. Its best rank was #2,680 in 2010.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,939 | 43 | 0.0025% |
| 2024 | #2,941 | 43 | 0.0025% |
| 2023 | #3,287 | 37 | 0.0022% |
| 2022 | #3,610 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 2021 | #3,294 | 36 | 0.0021% |
| 2020 | #4,534 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2019 | #3,194 | 37 | 0.0021% |
| 2018 | #3,442 | 33 | 0.0018% |
| 2017 | #3,191 | 37 | 0.0020% |
| 2016 | #2,882 | 42 | 0.0022% |
| 2015 | #3,084 | 38 | 0.0020% |
| 2014 | #4,386 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2013 | #3,262 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 2012 | #3,368 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 2011 | #3,429 | 32 | 0.0017% |
| 2010 | #2,680 | 46 | 0.0024% |
| 2009 | #3,636 | 30 | 0.0015% |
| 2008 | #3,484 | 32 | 0.0016% |
| 2007 | #3,588 | 30 | 0.0014% |
| 2006 | #4,102 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 2005 | #2,801 | 39 | 0.0020% |
| 2004 | #5,002 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2003 | #3,730 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 2002 | #5,717 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2001 | #3,970 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2000 | #3,534 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 1999 | #3,586 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 1998 | #4,867 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1997 | #4,663 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1996 | #5,529 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1995 | #6,402 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1994 | #4,091 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1993 | #3,817 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 1992 | #4,864 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1991 | #5,935 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1990 | #4,669 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1989 | #5,607 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1988 | #5,745 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1987 | #4,961 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1986 | #3,880 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1985 | #5,143 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1984 | #3,921 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1983 | #6,231 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1981 | #5,465 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1980 | #4,127 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1978 | #4,152 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1976 | #4,413 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1973 | #5,096 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1972 | #5,748 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1970 | #4,227 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1964 | #3,600 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1962 | #4,627 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1950 | #4,191 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1948 | #3,313 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1947 | #4,263 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1945 | #3,780 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1937 | #4,019 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1930 | #3,998 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1926 | #3,381 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1925 | #4,194 | 6 | 0.0005% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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