Zackari
Zackari is a masculine name derived from the Hebrew name Zechariah, meaning "the Lord has remembered".
Name Census estimates that about 204 living Americans carry the first name Zackari. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Zackari today is around 25 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Zackari births was 1998 (14 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Zackari. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Zackari with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
204
~ 1 in 1,680,168 Americans
Peak year
1998
14 babies that year
Average age
25
years old
2016 SSA rank
#12,141
Tracked since 1987
Census
Zackari in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 192 people with the first name Zackari, which placed it at #39,369 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#39,369
National first-name rank
People counted
192
192 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
60.4% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Zackari
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Zackari is White at 60.4%. The next largest groups are Black (20.8%) and Two or More Races (11.5%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Zackari described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Zackari at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White60.4% · 116
- Black or African American20.8% · 40
- Two or more races11.5% · 22
- Hispanic or Latino5.7% · 11
- Asian and Pacific Islander1.6% · 3
Popularity
Zackari: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Zackari from the 1980s through to the 2010s, spanning 4 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 83 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2000s peak, Zackari remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Zackari by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Zackari during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Zackari
The name Zackari is derived from the Hebrew name Zechariah, which means "the Lord has remembered" or "the Lord remembers." It is a biblical name that can be traced back to the Old Testament.
Zechariah was one of the twelve minor prophets in the Hebrew Bible and the author of the Book of Zechariah. The name gained popularity among Jewish communities during ancient times and has since spread to various cultures around the world.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Zackari can be found in the biblical accounts of the New Testament. Zacharias, or Zackari, was the father of John the Baptist and a priest in the temple of Jerusalem. He played a significant role in the nativity narrative of Jesus Christ.
Throughout history, several notable individuals have borne the name Zackari or its variants. One of the most famous was Zachary Taylor (1784-1850), the 12th President of the United States. He served as a military leader during the Mexican-American War and the War of 1812 before becoming president in 1849.
Another prominent figure was Zachary Macaulay (1768-1838), a British abolitionist and governor of Sierra Leone. He played a crucial role in the movement to end the slave trade in the British Empire.
In the world of literature, Zackari Ursin (1567-1647) was a Swedish writer and scholar who made significant contributions to the development of the Swedish language and literature.
The name Zackari also has a connection to the world of music. Zaccharia Tevo (1651-1711) was an Italian composer and organist who worked in Venice during the Baroque period.
Another notable bearer of the name was Zachary Pearce (1690-1774), an English theologian and scholar who served as the Bishop of Rochester and the Bishop of Bangor in the Church of England.
People
Zackari + last name combinations
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Related
Other names starting with Z
Other first names starting with Z with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Zackari: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Zackari?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 204 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Zackari going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 1,680,168 US residents.
Is Zackari a common name?
We classify Zackari as "Very Rare". It ranks above 74.5% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 208 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Zackari most popular?
The single biggest year for Zackari was 1998, when 14 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Zackari is about 25 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Zackari in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 192 people with the name Zackari, or 0.06 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #39,369 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Zackari in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Zackari?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Zackari appears almost entirely male. Of the 186 people counted with this name, 100.0% were male and only a very small share were female. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Zackari?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Zackari is White at 60.4%. The next largest groups are Black (20.8%) and Two or More Races (11.5%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Zackari most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Zackari in the 2020 Census, accounting for 60.4% (116 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Zackari in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Zackari a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Zackari in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Zackari still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Zackari in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Zackari can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people have Zackari as a first name?
See how many Americans are named Zackari on HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site built around that single question.