Zack

Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Zack is sometimes a given name, but more often it is a hypocorism or short form of another given name, usually Zachary in the English speaking world, which derives from Zechariah.

From Wikipedia

Zack first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2008 with 237 babies (rank #889 that year). In 2024 it was given to 135 boys (rank #1,388). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Zack

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Zack yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

5Destiny numberThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
1Soul urgeThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
4PersonalityThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

8,887

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

237

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Zack

Zack de la Rochapeace activist · b. 1970
Zack Steffenassociation football player · b. 1995

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	19	#402
1881	25	#331
1882	29	#323
1883	28	#317
1884	29	#331
1885	20	#410
1886	15	#490
1887	14	#487
1888	24	#386
1889	19	#433
1890	26	#350
1891	17	#440
1892	15	#546
1893	21	#400
1894	24	#386
1895	21	#436
1896	14	#591
1897	11	#680
1898	18	#504
1899	16	#501
1900	29	#423
1901	7	#942
1902	11	#743
1903	12	#694
1904	10	#809
1905	13	#698
1906	10	#851
1907	13	#777
1908	12	#824
1909	15	#755
1910	13	#927
1911	17	#823
1912	28	#853
1913	36	#805
1914	38	#897
1915	43	#961
1916	37	#1,071
1917	42	#1,016
1918	51	#942
1919	66	#810
1920	51	#974
1921	60	#912
1922	62	#881
1923	40	#1,140
1924	53	#979
1925	37	#1,183
1926	49	#991
1927	61	#871
1928	44	#1,056
1929	46	#1,009
1930	42	#1,079
1931	41	#1,064
1932	36	#1,140
1933	28	#1,280
1934	42	#1,007
1935	38	#1,056
1936	38	#1,050
1937	32	#1,179
1938	31	#1,198
1939	33	#1,140
1940	18	#1,679
1941	30	#1,229
1942	28	#1,333
1943	31	#1,257
1944	31	#1,211
1945	17	#1,695
1946	44	#1,044
1947	26	#1,481
1948	35	#1,230
1949	29	#1,379
1950	36	#1,220
1951	35	#1,260
1952	38	#1,212
1953	39	#1,212
1954	36	#1,267
1955	39	#1,218
1956	30	#1,443
1957	35	#1,344
1958	37	#1,276
1959	36	#1,323
1960	30	#1,486
1961	38	#1,301
1962	46	#1,147
1963	33	#1,374
1964	33	#1,383
1965	18	#1,917
1966	24	#1,612
1967	28	#1,475
1968	23	#1,694
1969	26	#1,641
1970	30	#1,581
1971	29	#1,667
1972	34	#1,472
1973	42	#1,293
1974	42	#1,334
1975	40	#1,405
1976	35	#1,571
1977	41	#1,448
1978	41	#1,471
1979	43	#1,434
1980	48	#1,378
1981	41	#1,519
1982	46	#1,414
1983	51	#1,313
1984	62	#1,165
1985	57	#1,281
1986	53	#1,362
1987	58	#1,295
1988	89	#1,056
1989	89	#1,129
1990	73	#1,305
1991	71	#1,351
1992	93	#1,149
1993	98	#1,143
1994	102	#1,127
1995	94	#1,201
1996	93	#1,216
1997	97	#1,223
1998	93	#1,296
1999	136	#1,027
2000	143	#1,025
2001	133	#1,085
2002	161	#984
2003	183	#912
2004	184	#924
2005	188	#933
2006	199	#944
2007	221	#905
2008	237	#889
2009	223	#930
2010	205	#968
2011	184	#1,036
2012	171	#1,094
2013	178	#1,062
2014	138	#1,294
2015	151	#1,222
2016	189	#1,048
2017	150	#1,231
2018	161	#1,186
2019	131	#1,370
2020	139	#1,307
2021	150	#1,272
2022	142	#1,328
2023	149	#1,289
2024	135	#1,388