Fun Facts About the Name Zakaria
- More than 3 thousand babies named Zakaria: U.S. records list 3,349 babies given the name Zakaria from 1880 through 2025. Even 466 girls received the name Zakaria - about 1 girl for every 6 boys.
What Does the Name Zakaria Mean?
Zakaria is an Arabic and Georgian form of the Hebrew name Zechariah (Zekharyah). Its established meaning is 'God has remembered' or, more literally, 'Yahweh has remembered.' The Hebrew name joins zakhar, 'to remember,' with Yah, a shortened form of the divine name YHWH. The Arabic form is Zakariyya (زكريا), commonly transliterated into English as Zakaria. In the Quran, Zakariyya is the father of John the Baptist (Yahya), a role that helped establish the name in Muslim usage. The customary English meaning 'God has remembered' is a translation of the Hebrew phrase; it is not a symbolic claim about the character of a person who bears the name.
Zakaria Name History & Origins
The Hebrew name Zekharyah appears in the Hebrew Bible. It belongs to the prophet Zechariah, whose visions are collected in the Book of Zechariah, and to other biblical figures. In the Greek New Testament, the name appears as Zacharias, used for the father of John the Baptist. The Quran uses the Arabic form Zakariyya for the same figure, the father of Yahya (John). Because of this shared scriptural role, the name was adopted by Arabic-speaking Christians and Muslims. From Arabic, forms such as Zakaria came into use in the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia, as well as among Muslim communities elsewhere. In Georgian, Zakaria is a traditional form used by Georgian Orthodox Christians. The spelling Zakaria reflects a Latin-script transliteration of the Arabic name, while Hebrew Zechariah and Greek Zacharias follow different transliteration paths.
How Popular is the Name Zakaria?
Zakaria 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 2017. Its best rank was #1,263 in 2017.
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 | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | #11,048 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 2023 | #11,133 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 2022 | #7,614 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2021 | #9,541 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2020 | #10,221 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2019 | #10,455 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2018 | #7,090 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2017 | #9,919 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2016 | #10,093 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2015 | #10,137 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2014 | #10,113 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2013 | #7,736 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2012 | #4,597 | 32 | 0.0018% |
| 2011 | #2,907 | 60 | 0.0034% |
| 2010 | #5,591 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2009 | #5,094 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 2008 | #7,738 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2007 | #7,725 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2006 | #12,404 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2005 | #8,874 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2004 | #5,549 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2003 | #6,879 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2002 | #9,470 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2001 | #4,833 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 2000 | #5,698 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1998 | #10,111 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1997 | #12,058 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1996 | #13,501 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1993 | #15,785 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,528 | 114 | 0.0067% |
| 2024 | #1,389 | 135 | 0.0079% |
| 2023 | #1,534 | 115 | 0.0067% |
| 2022 | #1,825 | 89 | 0.0051% |
| 2021 | #1,747 | 93 | 0.0053% |
| 2020 | #1,598 | 102 | 0.0059% |
| 2019 | #1,561 | 108 | 0.0060% |
| 2018 | #1,519 | 113 | 0.0062% |
| 2017 | #1,263 | 145 | 0.0078% |
| 2016 | #1,554 | 107 | 0.0056% |
| 2015 | #1,358 | 129 | 0.0067% |
| 2014 | #1,563 | 102 | 0.0053% |
| 2013 | #1,369 | 124 | 0.0066% |
| 2012 | #1,636 | 95 | 0.0050% |
| 2011 | #1,438 | 115 | 0.0061% |
| 2010 | #1,375 | 123 | 0.0064% |
| 2009 | #1,543 | 107 | 0.0054% |
| 2008 | #1,707 | 90 | 0.0044% |
| 2007 | #2,033 | 69 | 0.0033% |
| 2006 | #1,712 | 83 | 0.0040% |
| 2005 | #1,553 | 91 | 0.0046% |
| 2004 | #1,761 | 72 | 0.0036% |
| 2003 | #1,843 | 65 | 0.0033% |
| 2002 | #1,570 | 79 | 0.0041% |
| 2001 | #1,981 | 55 | 0.0028% |
| 2000 | #2,174 | 47 | 0.0024% |
| 1999 | #1,994 | 49 | 0.0026% |
| 1998 | #2,156 | 43 | 0.0022% |
| 1997 | #2,448 | 34 | 0.0018% |
| 1996 | #2,439 | 33 | 0.0017% |
| 1995 | #3,429 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 1994 | #2,949 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 1993 | #3,041 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1992 | #5,234 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1991 | #3,457 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1990 | #3,605 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 1989 | #5,161 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1988 | #5,747 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1987 | #5,453 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1985 | #6,521 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1983 | #7,336 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1980 | #6,241 | 6 | 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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