Male name
Zakariya
5,868 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 2024. Expression number: 11.
Origin
From Arabic زَكَرِيَّا (zakariyyā), from Classical Syriac ܙܟ݂ܼܿܪܝܵܐ (z'ḵaryāʾ), from Hebrew זְכַרְיָה (“Yahweh has remembered”). Doublet of Zachary, Zacharias, Zachariah, Zechariah, and Jakariya.From Wiktionary, entry “Zakariya”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 2024: 434 births. 5,868 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2010s and 2020s. It is still given: 1,870 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 3,110 | 1900–2025 | — |
| Quebec | 82 | 1980–2025 | — |
| Belgium | 77 | 2014–2023 | — |
Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0; Statbel, first names of newborns, CC BY 4.0 (one total for the whole period, no yearly breakdown).
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
11
intuition and inspiration (master number)
8 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 9 + 9 + 7 + 1 = 38 → 11
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
3
expression, creativity, sociability
1 + 1 + 9 + 1 = 12 → 3
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
8
power, achievement, your relationship with money
8 + 2 + 9 + 7 = 26 → 8
- Digits missing from the name
- 3, 4, 5, 6
- Most frequent digit
- 1 · initiative, independence, beginnings
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.