Spellings
Zachariah or Zechariah?
In the US in 2025, 48% of babies in this name family were spelled Zachariah and 24% Zechariah. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Zachariah48% of the family558 born in 2025#536 among boys−25% since 2015Zechariah24% of the family285 born in 2025#855 among boys−28% since 2015Zakariya16% of the family189 born in 2025#1,128 among boys+62% since 2015Zakaria10% of the family114 born in 2025#1,520 among boys−12% since 2015Zacharia1% of the family17 born in 2025#5,399 among boys−41% since 2015Zackaria<1% of the family5 born in 2025#12,008 among boys−29% since 2015
Ten years ago
Zachariah already led in 2015, with 52% of the family's births; it has 48% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 1,423 to 1,168 births (−18%).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zachariah | 747 | 558 | −25% |
| Zechariah | 394 | 285 | −28% |
| Zakariya | 117 | 189 | +62% |
| Zakaria | 129 | 114 | −12% |
| Zacharia | 29 | 17 | −41% |
| Zackaria | 7 | 5 | −29% |
How they sound
- Zachariah /ˌzækəˈraɪə/ (zak-uh-RY-uh)
- Zechariah /ˌzɛkəˈraɪə/ (zek-uh-RY-uh)
- Zakariya /ˌzækəˈrijə/ (zak-uh-REE-yuh)
- Zakaria /ˌzækəˈraɪə/ (zak-uh-RYE-uh)
- Zacharia /zakaˈʁja/ (za-ka-RYA)
- Zackaria /zakaˈʁja/ (za-ka-RYA)
In France
In France in 2025: Zachariah 5 births, Zakariya 170 births (#304 among boys), Zakaria 460 births (#133 among boys), Zacharia 25 births and Zackaria 20 births. The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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