Holding steady.
Popularity of Zakkery since 1989
Babies named Zakkery per year in U.S. Social Security records.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1980s | 9 |
| 1990s | 165 |
| 2000s | 108 |
| 2010s | 30 |
| 2020s | 0 |
Meaning & origin
The first-recorded year for Zakkery was 1989, coinciding with a era of creative spelling variants of established names. Its peak year of usage was 1993, after which its popularity declined steadily, as captured by the stable trajectory assessment for 2025. While it has never appeared among the top 1,000 nationally, it has seen periodic use, particularly in the 1990s. The name remains an example of the American trend toward personalized spellings of Biblical names.
Zakkery is a modern respelling of Zachary, itself an English form of the Hebrew name Zechariah (זְכַרְיָה). The name appears in the Bible as the name of several figures, including a prophet. The spelling with double 'k' and 'er' ending emerged in the United States in the late 20th century as part of a trend toward phonetic and distinctive spellings of traditional names.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Zak, Zack, Z
Sibling names for Zakkery
Names that share Zakkery's style, for a brother or sister.
