Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Zachary

#62 most common boys' name of all time · #118 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1900–2025

Rank among boys
#62
Rank overall
#118 of 105,966
First appeared
1900
Years on the list
115 of 146
All-time
553,281
Since 2016
28,292
Peak year
1993 #15
Best rank
#12 1994
Girls Boys peak 25,591/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Zachary first appears in 1900. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 1,646 1,646 #216
2024 — 1,844 1,844 #194
2023 — 2,128 2,128 #171
2022 5 2,263 2,268 #165
2021 — 2,598 2,598 #144
2020 — 2,729 2,729 #135
2019 6 3,084 3,090 #124
2018 — 3,577 3,577 #107
2017 5 3,822 3,827 #103
2016 9 4,576 4,585 #89
2015 5 4,866 4,871 #88
2014 8 5,188 5,196 #82
2013 6 5,775 5,781 #73
2012 8 6,263 6,271 #67
2011 7 6,811 6,818 #64
2010 10 7,184 7,194 #61
2009 10 8,091 8,101 #53
2008 12 9,235 9,247 #47
2007 11 10,217 10,228 #42
2006 21 11,013 11,034 #33
2005 20 12,288 12,308 #29
2004 70 13,712 13,782 #26
2003 21 15,541 15,562 #20
2002 26 16,622 16,648 #19
2001 34 18,185 18,219 #16
2000 38 19,852 19,890 #15
1999 31 19,985 20,016 #17
1998 43 20,580 20,623 #16
1997 33 21,929 21,962 #13
1996 41 22,369 22,410 #14
1995 55 23,131 23,186 #14
1994 54 25,139 25,193 #12
1993 53 25,538 25,591 #15
1992 53 24,802 24,855 #16
1991 47 21,387 21,434 #22
1990 57 20,430 20,487 #22
1989 69 18,077 18,146 #25
1988 105 15,870 15,975 #29
1987 84 13,201 13,285 #33
1986 87 11,725 11,812 #38
1985 77 11,346 11,423 #39
1984 56 9,065 9,121 #45
1983 39 7,309 7,348 #50
1982 41 6,139 6,180 #55
1981 30 4,841 4,871 #63
1980 29 4,245 4,274 #72
1979 28 4,156 4,184 #74
1978 21 3,127 3,148 #89
1977 19 2,777 2,796 #95
1976 9 2,644 2,653 #97
1975 7 1,688 1,695 #145
1974 5 1,274 1,279 #179
1973 — 1,135 1,135 #197
1972 6 1,001 1,007 #221
1971 — 701 701 #289
1970 6 557 563 #342
1969 — 418 418 #383
1968 7 340 347 #416
1967 — 363 363 #402
1966 — 329 329 #420
1965 — 313 313 #436
1964 — 333 333 #439
1963 — 326 326 #440
1962 — 339 339 #434
1961 — 369 369 #414
1960 5 346 351 #432
1959 — 262 262 #485
1958 — 236 236 #503
1957 — 289 289 #454
1956 — 270 270 #461
1955 — 280 280 #444
1954 — 200 200 #515
1953 — 161 161 #562
1952 — 171 171 #539
1951 — 151 151 #557
1950 — 149 149 #554
1949 — 107 107 #666
1948 — 91 91 #704
1947 — 70 70 #835
1946 — 49 49 #960
1945 — 19 19 #1,561
1944 — 10 10 #2,372
1943 — 14 14 #2,031
1942 — 15 15 #1,904
1941 — 9 9 #2,560
1940 — 20 20 #1,549
1939 — 15 15 #1,835
1938 — 15 15 #1,860
1937 — 18 18 #1,674
1936 — 9 9 #2,527
1935 — 13 13 #2,075
1934 — 11 11 #2,320
1933 — 14 14 #1,954
1932 — 17 17 #1,817
1931 — 14 14 #2,045
1930 — 16 16 #1,928
1929 — 19 19 #1,767
1928 — 14 14 #2,210
1927 — 13 13 #2,342
1926 — 22 22 #1,649
1925 — 21 21 #1,711
1924 — 13 13 #2,406
1923 — 20 20 #1,784
1922 — 11 11 #2,705
1921 — 19 19 #1,868
1920 — 16 16 #2,097
1919 — 20 20 #1,731
1918 — 11 11 #2,607
1917 — 10 10 #2,629
1916 — 17 17 #1,819
1915 — 14 14 #2,023
1914 — 11 11 #2,046
1913 — 18 18 #1,246
1912 — 8 8 #1,969
1900 — 6 6 #1,309