Fun Facts About the Name Zahari
- 552 babies named Zahari: U.S. records list 552 babies given the name Zahari from 1880 through 2025. Even 255 boys received the name Zahari.
What Does the Name Zahari Mean?
Zahari is the Bulgarian and Macedonian form of a biblical name that comes from Hebrew Zəkharyāh (זְכַרְיָה), built from the verb zakhar, "to remember," and Yah, a short form of the divine name. The most literal sense is "the LORD has remembered"; the customary English rendering is "God has remembered." The Greek Bible and early Christian usage carried the name as Zacharias (Ζαχαρίας), which passed into Latin as Zacharias and into the Slavic languages in forms such as Bulgarian Захари (Zahari). The name is not related to the similar-sounding Hebrew Zohar ("splendor") or the Arabic Zahra, which have separate origins.
Zahari Name History & Origins
The name reached the Slavic-speaking Orthodox world through Greek Christian usage. In the Greek Scriptures, Zacharias is the name of the prophet Zechariah and of the priest Zechariah, father of John the Baptist in the Gospel of Luke. Because both figures were venerated in the Eastern Orthodox churches, the name was taken into local languages as the Balkan and Slavic peoples were Christianized from the ninth century onward. Bulgarian uses Захари, transliterated Zahari, with stress on the second syllable; Macedonian uses the same form.
Other Slavic and neighboring forms developed alongside it: Serbian Zaharije, Russian Zakhariy (Захарий) with the short form Zakhar, and Romanian Zaharia. In Western Europe the same Greek and Latin name became English Zachary and Zacharias, Italian Zaccaria, and French Zacharie. Zahari has stayed largely a Balkan given name, and it is also found as a family name in the region.
How Popular is the Name Zahari?
Zahari 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 2025. Its best rank was #2,303 in 2025.
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 | #3,642 | 42 | 0.0026% |
| 2024 | #5,275 | 25 | 0.0015% |
| 2023 | #7,227 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 2022 | #6,962 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2021 | #4,712 | 29 | 0.0018% |
| 2020 | #5,660 | 22 | 0.0014% |
| 2019 | #6,688 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2018 | #8,597 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2017 | #8,766 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2016 | #8,377 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2015 | #7,258 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2014 | #7,291 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2013 | #7,362 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2012 | #9,696 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2010 | #9,213 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2008 | #17,449 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #17,586 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,303 | 61 | 0.0036% |
| 2024 | #4,684 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2023 | #5,657 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2022 | #4,292 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2021 | #5,555 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2020 | #5,690 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2019 | #6,762 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2018 | #7,122 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2016 | #6,712 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2015 | #6,670 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2014 | #8,767 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2013 | #8,101 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2012 | #10,745 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2011 | #14,306 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2010 | #8,121 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2009 | #14,486 | 5 | 0.0003% |
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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