Boys' name · peaked in 1993
Zachery name popularity since 1925
29,874 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Zachery. Half of them were born in 1995 or earlier, so the typical Zachery is about 31 years old in 2026. Zachery peaked in 1993 as the #167 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 29,874
- Named Zachery, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #3,035 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% boys
- 38 girls · 29,836 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 1.84× its national share
Peak year is the year Zachery made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Zachery births per year, 1925–2025
1993 was the biggest year for Zachery both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1980 and 1985, Zachery became 2.9× more common, from 1 in 8,180 baby boys to 1 in 2,860.
- Steepest fall: Between 2009 and 2014, its share of baby boys fell by 67%, from 1 in 5,020 to 1 in 15,200.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Zachery's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Zachery.
Decade by decade
Babies named Zachery in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 11 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 167 | #1,610 |
| 1960s | 0 | 329 | #1,404 |
| 1970s | 5 | 988 | #899 |
| 1980s | 28 | 5,375 | #316 |
| 1990s | 5 | 14,594 | #198 |
| 2000s | 0 | 6,605 | #427 |
| 2010s | 0 | 1,471 | #1,639 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 296 | #3,035 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 boys got the name.
Generation fingerprint
53.4% of babies named Zachery from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Millennial years (1981–1996). The full split by generation:
Where Zachery is most popular
The index compares Zachery's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Zachery.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 1.84× | 432 |
| Washington | 1.70× | 782 |
| Arkansas | 1.62× | 459 |
| Colorado | 1.60× | 542 |
| Oregon | 1.56× | 403 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Zachery and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Zachery (this page) | 29,836 | 1993 |
| Zachary | 551,558 | 1993 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Zachery's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Zachery.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Zachery (1993).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data