Zak is a distinctive choice, ranked #592 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Zak in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#592
About the Name Zak
Zak has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 200 places in five years. It was most popular in 2005 at #100 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996. It briefly reached the UK top 100, though it typically sits a little further down the charts.
Zak is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Zak
Unlikely. With around 64 UK babies named Zak per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Zak in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Zak has been declining in UK popularity, dropping 200 places in the last five years. Its peak was #100 in 2005. Choosing it now means he is likely to be among the last of his generation with this name.
Zak is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Zak include: Zak Starkey — Zak Richard Starkey is an English drummer, musician and percussionist who toured and recorded with the Who from 1996 to 2025.; Zak Moradi — Semaco "Zak" Moradi is a Kurdish, Irish hurler who plays as a left corner-forward for the Leitrim senior team.; Zak Chappell — Zachariah John Chappell is an English cricketer who plays for Derbyshire after joining them in 2022 from Nottinghamshire..
Zak does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Zaks in the wild.
64
UK babies named Zak (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 200 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Zak
Likely around 1 other Zak in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Zak
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Zak Richard Starkey is an English drummer, musician and percussionist who toured and recorded with the Who from 1996 to 2025. Other musicians and bands he has worked with include Oasis, Johnny Marr, the Icicle Works, the Lightning Seeds, and the Semantics.
Semaco "Zak" Moradi is a Kurdish, Irish hurler who plays as a left corner-forward for the Leitrim senior team. Born in Ramadi, Iraq, Moradi and his family relocated to Carrick-on-Shannon, Ireland in 2002.
Zachariah John Chappell is an English cricketer who plays for Derbyshire after joining them in 2022 from Nottinghamshire. He is a right-arm fast-medium bowler who also bats right-handed.
Zak Harley Bevis is an English professional wrestler. He is best known for his time in All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he performed under the ring name Zak Knight and was a member of The Outcasts stable.
Zak Ford-Williams is an English stage and screen actor, best known for his screen role as Lord Remington in the Netflix series Bridgerton, Harry Hardacre in The Hardacres, and for his stage appearances as Richard III in The Tragedy of Richard III, and Joseph Merrick in The Real and Imagined History of the Elephant Man.
Zak James Butters is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Butters won the AFLCA champion player of the year award in 2023, and is a dual All-Australian, three-time John Cahill Medallist and dual Robert Rose Award winner.
Zacharias "Zak" Kostopoulos was a Greek-American activist, defending the rights of LGBT people, HIV-positive people, sex workers, and refugees. He worked as a drag performer under the stage name Zackie Oh.