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Zack Name Meaning & Historical Trends

Zack

Pronunciation: ZAK

Meaning The Lord has remembered Gender Boy
BOYS RANK
#1,435
TREND
47
Peak Years
2008, 2009, 2007
Lowest Years
1901, 1904, 1906
Energy Archetype
Inspired & Perceptive

Rank shows the name’s position among U.S. baby names for each gender in 2025. Trend shows how many places it rose or fell since 2024. Rank 1 is the most popular. Based on U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) data. Peak and lowest years are based on the number of boys named Zack in the available records.

Fun Facts About the Name Zack

  • More than 9 thousand babies named Zack: U.S. records list 9,013 babies given the name Zack from 1880 through 2025.

What Does the Name Zack Mean?

Zack is an English short form of Zachary, a name ultimately derived from the Hebrew Zekharyah. The Hebrew name means "Yahweh has remembered," traditionally rendered in English as "the Lord has remembered."

The Hebrew elements are zakhar, meaning "remember," and Yah, a shortened form of the divine name YHWH. The literal sense is "Yahweh has remembered"; "the Lord has remembered" is the customary English wording rather than a different etymology. Zack is a spelling of the English short form Zach, not a separate Hebrew name or a distinct origin.

Zack Name History & Origins

The Hebrew name Zekharyah appears in the Hebrew Bible as the name of the prophet Zechariah and of several other figures. In the Greek New Testament, Zacharias is the father of John the Baptist. The name passed into Greek and Latin as Zacharias; English forms include Zachary, Zachariah, and Zechariah. Zechariah and Zachariah are used especially for figures in the Hebrew Bible, while Zachary comes from the Greek and Latin Zacharias.

English speakers shortened Zachary to Zach, and Zack is one of the respelled forms of that short form, along with Zac and Zak. The spelling with -ck follows English convention for the final k sound and does not add a new meaning. In modern English, Zack is used both as a familiar form of Zachary and as an independent given name.

How Popular is the Name Zack?

Zack recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2008. Its best rank was #317 in 1883.

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.

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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How the Name Zack Shapes Your Personality and Life?

You have aspiration and inspiration, hope and guidance. Since you are intuitive and perceptive and you understand human nature. You have the power to achieve. Diplomacy and discretion make you a good mediator. You are inspired, introspective, and have a good understanding of the human heart. You can have the ability to commercialize your artistic talents successfully. You are often a mystery to others and to yourself. You are always reaching for something higher, without exactly knowing what that "higher" is. You are bold, independent, inquisitive and interested in research. You know what you want and why you want it.

You are seeking freedom, opportunities to enjoy life: to make love, to go places and to do things. You are very adventurous and willing to take risk to achieve your objectives. New ways and new experiences can't satisfy your restless nature. One adventure leads you to another. You are honest and fair, because you know that this is the only way to receive justice and honesty from other people. But your personal growth is vital for you, and it is difficult to be tied down by rules and obligations. Your restless spirit might best controlled by choosing the field of work that meet your demand for action and adventure.

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