Zechariah

What Zechariah means

Means “the Lord has remembered”

From Hebrew זְכַרְיָה (zəḵaryā, “the Lord has remembered”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Zechariah” (revision 93628817), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Zechariah?

US: Falling: down from #656 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #1586 in 2015, #1538 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2015, when 394 boys got the name (#656 that year). First in the US records in 1971.

How common

• About 1 in 5,993 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 15,996 baby boys in England and Wales 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 MS (0.46 per 1,000 boys), AL (0.42 per 1,000 boys), OK (0.4 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Zechariah is #855 in the US and #1538 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 98.3% of US babies named Zechariah were boys.

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

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Zachariah558 US · 123 E&W
• Zacharia17 US · 7 E&W
• Zecharia11 US
• Zacheriah5 US

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

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Zecharia

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Zechariah

Boys

• Luke#33Editor’s note Down from #28 in 2015 to #33 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 250 US boys in the 2025 records
• Jeremiah#88“Yahweh exalt”^*
• Isaac#47“he laughs, he will laugh”^*
• Malachi#134“my messenger”^*
• Emmanuel#179Editor’s note Down from #151 in 2015 to #179 in 2025 in the US
• Nehemiah#429“consolation of Yahweh”^*

For a sister

• Daniella#468Form of Daniel, meaning “God is my judge”^*
• Isabella#7Form of Isabel, meaning “my God is an oath”^*
• Gabriella#105Editor’s note Down from #54 in 2015 to #105 in 2025 in the US
• Ava#11Editor’s note Down from #4 in 2015 to #11 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 210 US girls in the 2025 records
• Elise#223Editor’s note Down from #174 in 2015 to #223 in 2025 in the US
• Sarai#424“master, chief”^*

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