About the name Zachariah
Zachariah is a boy name with Hebrew roots, meaning “Yahweh has remembered”.
In 2025, Zachariah ranked #538 for boys in the US, with 558 babies given the name. Its peak year since 1940 was 1992. Since 2000, 100% of US babies named Zachariah were boys.
Etymology
From Hebrew, meaning “Yahweh has remembered”.
Name meaning adapted from Wiktionary (“Zachariah”) by Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- US rank 2025
- #538
- In 2015
- #417
- Babies in 2025
- 558
Popularity of Zachariah, 1940–2025
Latest SSA data: 2025.
Popularity data: U.S. Social Security Administration national baby names (public domain; names given to at least 5 babies of one sex per year).
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Names similar to Zachariah
- Zebadiah“gift of God, God has bestowed”
- Zebediah“gift of God, God has bestowed”
- Zechariah“the Lord has remembered”
- Zedekiah“God is righteous”
- Jedediah“beloved of Yahweh”
- Jedidiah“beloved of Yahweh”
- Jeremiah“God will exalt”
- Nehemiah“consolation of Yahweh”
- Obadiah“servant of Yahweh”
- Zacharias“Yahweh has remembered”
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