Zak is a distinctive choice, ranked #611 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Zak in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#611
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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 uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Zak in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Zak
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.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Zak
Unlikely. With around 62 UK babies named Zak per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Zak in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Zak is declining: down 219 places since 2020, to #611 in 2025. It peaked at #100 in 2005.
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 Moradi and Zak Chappell. Short summaries for each appear below.
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.
62
UK babies named Zak (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 219 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
Almost certainly the only Zak in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
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 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.