Zachariah
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About Zachariah
This distinguished name still feels a bit ancient, but with the rise of such former graybeards as Jeremiah and Elijah, it also sounds child-friendly again, as does the Latin-Greek form Zacharias.
Zachariah is a name that was in fairly regular use by the Puritans of the sixteenth century, then was eventually and completely overtaken by the more modern sounding Zachary. But strange as it may seem, Zachariah and Zacharias now seem more au courant than Zachary (even though that name remains more popular).
In the Bible, spelled Zechariah, it is the name of about 30 different personages, one of whom gave his name to the book of Zechariah.
Zarachiah Hobson is a character in the Thackeray novel, The Newcomes.
Zakkai, a Hebrew abbreviation of Zachariah, is another interesting option.
Pronounced zak-uh-RY-uh.
As of October 2026, Zachariah ranked #538 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #305 in 1992, Nameberry popularity #619.
Editor's take: The name Zachariah is a boy's name of Hebrew origin meaning "the Lord has remembered".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #446 | 667 | 347.2 |
| 2015 | #417 | 746 | 389.2 |
| 2016 | #436 | 710 | 374.1 |
| 2017 | #441 | 705 | 380.9 |
| 2018 | #484 | 607 | 334.2 |
| 2019 | #474 | 619 | 345 |
| 2020 | #522 | 552 | 319.8 |
| 2021 | #544 | 540 | 308.7 |
| 2022 | #528 | 565 | 323.6 |
| 2023 | #585 | 490 | 286.5 |
| 2024 | #569 | 512 | 297.2 |
| 2025 | #538 | 558 | 326.7 |
World rankings
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Zachariah on lists
Famous Zachariahs
- King Zachariah of Israel
son of Jeroboam II (2 Kings 14:29)
- Zachariah
grandfather of Judean King Hezekiah (2 Kin. 18:2)
- Zachariah T. Chandler
American politician; cofounder of the Republican Party
- Zachariah Allen
American manufacturer
- Zachariah Davis "Zack" Wheat
American baseball player
- Zachariah "Zach" Montgomery
American publisher and orator
- Cyrus Zachariah Shepherd
Oppenheim, son of actress Cybill Shepherd; twin brother of Molly Ariel Shepherd,Oppenheim
- Zachariah Nathaniel Wood
brother of actor Elijah Wood
Zachariah in pop culture
- Zachariah
seraph on TV's "Supernatural"
- Zachariah
character from the Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
- Brother Zachariah
character in the The Mortal Instruments series and the Infernal Devices series by Cassandra Clare