Baby name
FADING
🇺🇸 🇬🇧 Zechariah
/zek · uh · RY · uh/
Meaning
“Yahweh remembers”
From the Hebrew name Zeḵarya, meaning 'Yahweh remembers' (also rendered 'the Lord has remembered'), from the roots zaḵar ('to remember') and yah (referring to the Hebrew God). Borne by several Old Testament figures, including the prophet Zechariah, and in the New Testament by the father of John the Baptist.
Vibe
dignified
How it ages.
Solidly biblical and dignified; a name that reads timeless rather than trendy.
The cultural moment.
In the United States, Zechariah rose from #925 in 1986 to a peak of #656 in 2015, but has since eased back to #855 in 2025.