Zakaria is a distinctive choice, ranked #522 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Zakaria in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#522
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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 uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Zakaria in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Zakaria
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.
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 Zakaria
Unlikely. With around 74 UK babies named Zakaria per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Zakaria in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Zakaria has been fairly steady, ranked #522 in 2025 against #505 in 2020. Its best recorded position was #365 in 1998.
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, Denis Zakaria and Mohamed Zakaria. Short summaries for each appear below.
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.
74
UK babies named Zakaria (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.1
In a school of 600
↓ 17 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
Almost certainly the only Zakaria 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 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.
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.
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.