Zechariah is a boy's name of Hebrew and Biblical origin meaning “God/YHWH remembers.” In 2024 it was given to 261 boys in the United States.
Zechariah belongs to the Biblical & Christian tradition. Its meaning — “God/YHWH 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, Zechariah first appears in Social Security records in 1971. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #636 in 2001, and in 2024 261 babies received the name — 11,059 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Zechariah means “God/YHWH remembers” in its Hebrew and Biblical roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Zechariah is a boy name. In 2024, 261 babies received the name in the US.
Zechariah comes from the Biblical & Christian tradition.
Zechariah first appears in US records in 1971. Its best-ever ranking was #636 in 2001, and 261 babies were given the name in 2024.
Zechariah is pronounced /ˌzɛkəˈɹaɪ.ə/ (IPA).
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. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. 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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