Zachery
Zachery was the 3035th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 41 babies. Its best year was 1993, when it ranked 167th with 1,903 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,396 places. More babies were named Zachery in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Zachary) God has remembered · Hebrew
- Rank in 2025
- #3,035 boys, down 380 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 41boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 19931,903 babies
- Total since 1880
- 29,874babies recorded
What does the name Zachery mean?
Zachery is a spelling of Zachary, pronounced the same way, so it shares Zachary's meaning and origin.
Zachary is the English form of Zechariah or Zacharias, from Hebrew Zekharyah, which DMNES and Wiktionary gloss 'God (Yahweh) has remembered'. In the Bible Zechariah is a prophet with his own book, and in the New Testament Zechariah is the father of John the Baptist. DMNES also lists an 8th-century pope and finds the name in the Wycliffite Bible as Sacarie. Zach and Zack are its short forms, and Zachariah and Zechariah are fuller biblical spellings.
זְכַרְיָה (Biblical Hebrew, “Zekharyah”)זכר (Hebrew, “to remember”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Zach, Zack, Zechariah, Zachariah, Zacarías, Zakariya.
See also: Hebrew names, names that mean God.
Sources for this meaning
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Zachary', Durham University / The DMNES Editors
- Hebrew Bible, Zechariah 1:1, JPS translation with notes (via Sefaria), Sefaria; verse reference and facts only, not quoted
- Wiktionary, entry 'Zachary', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation); facts restated, no text reused
Zachery popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 38 since 1976.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,035 | 41 |
| 2020 | #2,655 | 48 |
| 2010 | #760 | 296 |
| 2000 | #277 | 1,150 |
| 1990 | #234 | 1,229 |
| 1980 | #583 | 218 |
| 1970 | #1,313 | 41 |
| 1960 | #1,551 | 28 |
| 1950 | #4,192 | 5 |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Zachery, counting every spelling?
Zachery is a spelling of Zachary, a name family that ranked #218 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,035 for Zachery on its own. Together these spellings went to 1,778 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zachary | 1,646 | #216 | 10,479 |
| Zachery | 41 | #3,035 | 248 |
| Zakhari | 44 | #2,881 | 217 |
| Zackery | 33 | #3,510 | 206 |
| Zachari | 9 | #8,893 | 60 |
| Zacharie | 5 | #13,873 | 32 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Zachery?
41 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Zachery (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Zachery born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 204 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Zachery.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Zachery?
About 28,700 people born in the US named Zachery are alive today, with a median age of 31; half are between 26 and 36. That makes Zachery mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Zachery by state
How common Zachery was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 46 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Zachery: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Zachery, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Zachery
What does Zachery mean?
Zachery is a spelling of Zachary, which means “God has remembered” (Hebrew origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Zachery?
Zachery was the 3035th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 41 babies. Its best year was 1993, when it ranked 167th with 1,903 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,396 places. More babies were named Zachery in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Zachery a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Zachery in the US.
Where is Zachery most popular?
In 2021–2025, Zachery was most common in Pennsylvania (0.04 per 1,000 boys), followed by Georgia and Florida.