Zakariya

What Zakariya means

Means “Yahweh has remembered”

From Arabic زَكَرِيَّا (zakariyyā), from Classical Syriac ܙܟ݂ܼܿܪܝܵܐ (z'ḵaryāʾ), from Hebrew זְכַרְיָה (“Yahweh has remembered”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Zakariya” (revision 93499278), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Zakariya?

US: Rising: up from #1444 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #211 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 189 boys got the name (#1128 that year). First in the US records in 1989.

How common

• About 1 in 9,037 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 646 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,309 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MI (0.37 per 1,000 boys), NY (0.34 per 1,000 boys), MN (0.33 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Zakariya is #1128 in the US and #120 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Zakariya were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Zakariyya12 US · 73 E&W
• Zakariyah14 US · 52 E&W
• Zackariya0 US · 11 E&W
• Zakariye7 US · 3 E&W
• Zakariyyah0 US · 9 E&W
• Zakarya6 US · 3 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Zakariya

Boys

• Yusuf#449Same root as Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”^*
• Zayd#632Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #181 vs #632 in 2025
• Ibrahim#351Editor’s note Up from #436 in 2015 to #351 in 2025 in the US
• Yahya#615Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #81 vs #615 in 2025
• Laith#893Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #254 vs #893 in 2025
• Zahir#738Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1973, with 7 babies

For a sister

• Zahra#538Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1973, with 8 babies
• Maryam#351Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #52 vs #351 in 2025
• Leyla#611Editor’s note Up from #782 in 2015 to #611 in 2025 in the US
• Amira#132“princess”^*
• Zara#212“flower”^*
• Amirah#490Variant of Amira, meaning “princess”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Arabic, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Zakariya’s. Rank is US 2025.