Zakari

“Variant of Zachary — God remembers” — Hebrew origin

Boy's name · #1062 in the US (2025) · Trending

Zakari is climbing: on the charts since 1986, it is ranked #1062 in 2025, with about 210 boys given the name last year. Roughly 2,500 have carried it all-time. Together with its spelling variants Zachary (#216) and Zackary (#1513), Zakari would rank around #187 with about 2,000 births last year — the newborns split about 84/10/6 across Zachary, Zakari, and Zackary.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 20 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Zakaris

Zakari Gourouza — Nigerien judoka
Zakari Lambo — Nigerien footballer
Zakari Junior Lambo — Belgian-Nigerien footballer
Zakari Dramani-Issifou — Beninese writer and academic
Zakari Nandja — Togolese politician

What Zakaris become

Among 23 notable people named Zakari:

Political leaders appear 2.82× more often than among typical names — e.g. Zakari Nandja, Togolese politician.

Similar names: Zackary · Shai · Zakai · Makari · Haziel · Zacchaeus

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