Boys' name · peaked in 1994
Zackery name popularity since 1925
17,753 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Zackery. Half of them were born in 1997 or earlier, so the typical Zackery is about 29 years old in 2026. Zackery peaked in 1994 as the #307 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 17,753
- Named Zackery, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #3,510 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% boys
- 5 girls · 17,748 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 2.67× its national share
Peak year is the year Zackery 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.
Zackery births per year, 1925–2025
1994 was the biggest year for Zackery both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1980 and 1985, Zackery became 3× more common, from 1 in 17,800 baby boys to 1 in 5,960.
- Steepest fall: Between 2010 and 2015, its share of baby boys fell by 59%, from 1 in 6,170 to 1 in 15,200.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Zackery's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Zackery.
Decade by decade
Babies named Zackery 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 | 6 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 115 | #2,047 |
| 1960s | 0 | 182 | #1,773 |
| 1970s | 0 | 529 | #1,303 |
| 1980s | 0 | 2,586 | #494 |
| 1990s | 0 | 7,505 | #320 |
| 2000s | 5 | 5,132 | #502 |
| 2010s | 0 | 1,432 | #1,380 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 261 | #3,510 |
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
45.8% of babies named Zackery from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Zackery is most popular
The index compares Zackery'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 Zackery.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 2.67× | 350 |
| Georgia | 1.85× | 786 |
| Washington | 1.84× | 473 |
| Alabama | 1.82× | 496 |
| Tennessee | 1.82× | 589 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Zackery 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zackery (this page) | 17,748 | 1994 |
| Zackary | 31,588 | 2001 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Zackery's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Zackery.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Zackery (1994).
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