Zakary
- Pronunciation
- [Za-ka-ry]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Variant Of Zachariah And Zachary.
- Origin
- English
About the Name Zakary
Zakary is a modern respelling of Zachary, itself a form of the Hebrew Zachariah, traditionally understood to mean "the Lord has remembered" or "Jehovah remembers." Swapping the ch for a single k gives this scriptural classic a sleeker, more streamlined look while preserving its sound and its deep biblical heritage — a contemporary twist on a name carried by prophets and steeped in centuries of use.
The respelling rode the wave of Zachary's popularity at the turn of the millennium, when inventive spellings of established favorites were especially in vogue. Zakary first entered the US Social Security top-1000 in 2000, peaked in 2002 at #686, and left the rankings after 2006, where it stood at #888 following ranks of #895 and #848 in the years just before — a path typical of alternate spellings that crest and recede alongside a fashionable parent name, fading from the rankings as the original itself began to cool.
Pronounced Za-ka-ry, the name keeps Zachary's friendly three-syllable bounce and the ever-popular nicknames Zac and Zak. Recorded variants include Zackary, Zackery, and Zakari, the family of spellings that lets parents fine-tune the look of this energetic, faith-rooted name. For those who love Zachary's biblical depth and warm sound but want a more distinctive, modern spelling, Zakary offers exactly that streamlined alternative.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Zakary
US Popularity History (2000–2006)
Annual US births named Zakary by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2002 with 266 boys named Zakary (boy rank #686 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2006, ranked #888 for boys (222 US births). That's 202 places below its 2002 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 Zakary Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2005–2014 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 Zakary the strongest states are Kansas, Utah, Wisconsin.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kansas | #551 | 24 |
| 2 | Utah | #699 | 22 |
| 3 | Wisconsin | #705 | 25 |
| 4 | Ohio | #716 | 61 |
| 5 | Pennsylvania | #731 | 74 |
| 6 | Minnesota | #757 | 16 |
| 7 | Missouri | #773 | 21 |
| 8 | Michigan | #807 | 34 |
| 9 | Arizona | #807 | 40 |
| 10 | Washington | #877 | 17 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tennessee | #929 | 21 |
| 2 | Texas | #908 | 61 |
| 3 | Washington | #877 | 17 |
| 4 | Arizona | #807 | 40 |
| 5 | Michigan | #807 | 34 |
| 6 | Missouri | #773 | 21 |
| 7 | Minnesota | #757 | 16 |
| 8 | Pennsylvania | #731 | 74 |
| 9 | Ohio | #716 | 61 |
| 10 | Wisconsin | #705 | 25 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2005–2014. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Zakary in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
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Compare Zakary to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Zakary against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).