Zackary
- Pronunciation
- [Zac-ka-ry]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Variant Of Zachariah And Zachary.
- Origin
- English
About the Name Zackary
Zackary is a modern respelling of Zachary, itself an anglicization of the Hebrew name Zechariah — meaning "God has remembered" or "remembered by God" — borne by a biblical prophet whose visions are recorded in the Hebrew Bible, and by the father of John the Baptist in the New Testament. The name's scriptural weight is considerable: its two Old Testament and New Testament bearers connect it to traditions of prophecy, priestly lineage, and the dawn of the Christian era. Because Zackary is a phonetic variant rather than an independent historical form, it shares that deep heritage while offering a spelling that replaces the traditional ch digraph with the more transparent ck. This reflects a broader American preference for simplified, consonant-clear renderings of classic names that preserve the familiar sound without the ambiguity of older English spelling conventions.
Zackary appears in the US Social Security top-1000 from 2000, when it peaked at its best rank of #244, and then steadily declined over the following two decades. It sat at #773 in 2016, #867 in 2017, and #997 in 2018, the last year it appeared in the top-1000. Over its tracked run, approximately 14,815 babies received this spelling in top-1000 years. Recorded variants include Zackery, Zakari, and Zakary.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Zackary
US Popularity History (2000–2018)
Annual US births named Zackary by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2001 with 1,386 boys named Zackary (boy rank #244 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2018, ranked #997 for boys (208 US births). That's 753 places below its 2001 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Zackary Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Zackary the strongest states are Oregon, New Jersey, Kentucky.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oregon | #567 | 20 |
| 2 | New Jersey | #634 | 55 |
| 3 | Kentucky | #643 | 34 |
| 4 | Massachusetts | #679 | 22 |
| 5 | North Carolina | #783 | 30 |
| 6 | Michigan | #814 | 50 |
| 7 | Indiana | #893 | 19 |
| 8 | Missouri | #895 | 23 |
| 9 | California | #914 | 204 |
| 10 | Pennsylvania | #933 | 39 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Florida | #939 | 64 |
| 2 | Pennsylvania | #933 | 39 |
| 3 | California | #914 | 204 |
| 4 | Missouri | #895 | 23 |
| 5 | Indiana | #893 | 19 |
| 6 | Michigan | #814 | 50 |
| 7 | North Carolina | #783 | 30 |
| 8 | Massachusetts | #679 | 22 |
| 9 | Kentucky | #643 | 34 |
| 10 | New Jersey | #634 | 55 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Zackary in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
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Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Zackary against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).