Zechariah

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Meaning

Zechariah, with many variant forms and spellings such as Zachariah and Zacharias, is a theophoric masculine given name of Hebrew origin, meaning "God/YHWH remembers". It comes from the Hebrew root זכר, meaning to remember, and yah, one of the names of the God of Israel.

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Zechariah first appears in the data in 1971 and has been recorded in 54 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2015 with 394 babies (rank #657 that year). In 2024 it was given to 261 boys (rank #900). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Zechariah

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

11,072
Total babies (all years)
54
Years in the data
394
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19717#4,372
197212#2,990
197316#2,513
197417#2,458
197520#2,286
197636#1,540
197733#1,670
197839#1,507
197937#1,597
198059#1,202
198173#1,072
198270#1,095
198374#1,034
198471#1,068
198576#1,065
198697#931
198797#960
198896#993
1989153#805
1990157#817
1991175#779
1992216#701
1993242#662
1994229#690
1995201#762
1996235#693
1997194#774
1998240#699
1999232#713
2000269#666
2001295#636
2002285#656
2003280#692
2004309#662
2005338#647
2006337#675
2007364#660
2008369#659
2009343#702
2010369#654
2011325#706
2012363#655
2013360#672
2014385#667
2015394#657
2016326#749
2017323#740
2018308#764
2019279#817
2020241#927
2021251#915
2022227#991
2023254#913
2024261#900