Zakaria is a distinctive choice, ranked #418 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Zakaria in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#418
About the Name Zakaria
Zakaria is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 87 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #365 in 1998 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Zakaria 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 Zakaria
Unlikely. With around 96 UK babies named Zakaria per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Zakaria in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Zakaria is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 87 places over the last five years to #418 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Zakaria 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 Zakaria include: Salah Zakaria — Salah Zakaria Hassan is a Qatari professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Al-Duhail and the Qatar national team.; Denis Zakaria — Denis Lemi Zakaria Lako Lado is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Ligue 1 club Monaco and the Switzerland national team.; Mohamed Zakaria — Mohamed Zakaria is an Egyptian professional squash player..
Zakaria does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Zakarias in the wild.
96
UK babies named Zakaria (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.1
In a school of 600
↑ 87 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Zakaria
Likely around 1 other Zakaria in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Zakaria
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Denis Lemi Zakaria Lako Lado is a Swiss professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Ligue 1 club Monaco and the Switzerland national team. He has also represented Switzerland internationally at youth level.
Zakaria El Ayeb is a Tunisian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club AS Soliman, on loan from Espérance de Tunis.
Fareed Rafiq Zakaria is an Indian-born American journalist, political commentator, and author. He is the host of CNN's Fareed Zakaria GPS and writes a weekly column for The Washington Post.
Cheikh Zakaria Ben Slimane Ben Yahia Ben Cheikh Slimane Ben Hadj Aïssa, commonly known as Moufdi Zakaria and also referred to by some sources as Zekri Cheikh, was an Algerian activist, nationalist, poet and writer. He wrote the lyrics of Kassaman, the national anthem of Algeria, purportedly with his own blood while imprisoned by the French in 1955.
Zakaria Abdulla (Kurdish: Zekerîya Ebdullah, زەکەریا عەبدوڵڵا) is a Kurdish musician. He is best known for his pop music, which combines Kurdish melodies with popular regional music styles.