Zachariah is a boy's name of Hebrew and Biblical origin meaning “Yahweh remembers.” In 2024 it was given to 512 boys in the United States.
Zachariah belongs to the Biblical & Christian tradition. Its meaning — “Yahweh remembers” — is the sense carried by its Hebrew and Biblical roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Zachariah first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #305 in 1992, and in 2024 512 babies received the name — 30,668 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Zachariah means “Yahweh remembers” in its Hebrew and Biblical roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Zachariah is a boy name. In 2024, 512 babies received the name in the US.
Zachariah comes from the Biblical & Christian tradition.
Zachariah first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #305 in 1992, and 512 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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