Zebariah
Zechariah is a masculine name of Hebrew origin meaning "God remembers or remembrance of God".
Name Census estimates that about 5 living Americans carry the first name Zebariah. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Zebariah today is around 39 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Zebariah births was 1985 (5 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Zebariah. 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.
Key insights
- • Fewer than 100 living Americans are believed to carry the name Zebariah. It is among the rarest names in the SSA records.
People living today
5
~ 1 in 68,550,868 Americans
Peak year
1985
5 babies that year
Average age
39
years old
1985 SSA rank
#7,578
Tracked since 1985
Popularity
Zebariah: popularity over time
Babies born per year
Decades
Zebariah 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 Zebariah during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
| Decade | Male | Female | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 5 | 0 | 5 |
Origin
Meaning and history of Zebariah
The name Zebariah is a biblical Hebrew name derived from the root words "zechar" meaning "to remember" and "Yah" referring to God. It is believed to have originated around the 6th century BCE among the ancient Israelites living in the region of Judah.
One of the earliest references to the name can be found in the Book of Ezra from the Hebrew Bible, where it is mentioned as the name of a Levite who assisted Ezra in explaining the law of God to the people. The name is also mentioned in the Book of Nehemiah as belonging to one of the priests who signed a covenant with God.
In the New Testament, the name is recorded as belonging to the father of John the Baptist, a Jewish preacher who is believed to have been a contemporary of Jesus Christ. According to the Gospel of Luke, Zechariah was a priest who was struck mute for doubting the angel Gabriel's prophecy that his wife Elizabeth would bear a son in their old age.
Throughout history, several notable figures have borne the name Zebariah or its variants. One of the earliest was Zechariah ben Jehoiada, a Hebrew prophet who lived during the 9th century BCE and was stoned to death for rebuking the people of Judah for their idolatry.
In the 6th century CE, Zechariah of Mitylene was a Greek ecclesiastical historian and bishop who wrote a chronicle of the events of his time. Another notable bearer of the name was Zechariah Ursinus, a 16th-century German theologian and author who was a leading figure in the Protestant Reformation.
During the 17th century, Zechariah Greill was a Scottish minister and academic who served as the principal of Marischal College in Aberdeen. In the 19th century, Zechariah Chandler was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 37th Governor of Michigan.
People
Zebariah + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Zebariah as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with Z
Other first names starting with Z with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Zebariah: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Zebariah?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 5 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Zebariah 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 68,550,868 US residents.
Is Zebariah a common name?
We classify Zebariah as "Very Rare". It ranks above 18.2% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 5 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Zebariah most popular?
The single biggest year for Zebariah was 1985, when 5 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Zebariah is about 39 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
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 Zebariah in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Zebariah a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Zebariah 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 Zebariah still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Zebariah 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 Zebariah 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.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only covers names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files do not have a published Census demographic snapshot. In those cases, the page still shows the SSA trend, gender history, and state data.
How common is the name Zebariah?
For a quick modern estimate, our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers that in one glance, with the living-bearer count front and centre.