Zakariya sits comfortably in the UK charts at #120 in 2025 — recognisable but not overwhelming. Your child may occasionally share their name.
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UK Rank 2025
#120
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About the Name Zakariya
Zakariya is currently at its most popular point on record, sitting at UK #127. The name has climbed 33 places in the last five years — a significant surge by any measure. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Zakariya is fairly common in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Zakariya in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Zakariya
Kunsulu Zakariya — Kunsulu Daltonqyzy Zakaryia is a Kazakh researcher in biological safety, Doctor of Biological Sciences, and from April 2023 the President of the Kazakh Academy of Sciences.
Zakariya Paruk — Zakariya Paruk is a South African professional cricketer.
Mohamed Zakariya — Mohamed Zakariya is an American master Islamic calligrapher and an American Muslim convert.
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 Zakariya
Unlikely. With around 421 UK babies named Zakariya per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Zakariya in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Zakariya is at its highest recorded position — #120 in 2025, with 421 births. In 2020 it ranked #160.
Zakariya 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 Zakariya include: Kunsulu Zakariya, Zakariya Paruk and Mohamed Zakariya. Short summaries for each appear below.
Zakariya does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Zakariyas in the wild.
421
UK babies named Zakariya (2025)
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Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
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In a school of 600
↑ 40 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Zakariya
Almost certainly the only Zakariya 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 Zakariya
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Kunsulu Daltonqyzy Zakaryia is a Kazakh researcher in biological safety, Doctor of Biological Sciences, and from April 2023 the President of the Kazakh Academy of Sciences.
Bahauddin Zakariya, also known as Baha-ul-Haq, was a Sunni Muslim scholar, saint and poet who established the Suhrawardiyya order of Baghdad in medieval South Asia, later becoming one of the most influential spiritual leaders of his era.
Zakariya Khan, alternatively spelt as Zakaria Khan, was the Mughal subahdar of the Lahore and Multan subahs from 1726 till his death in 1745, succeeding his father, Abd al-Samad Khan, at both the posts.
Zakariya Essabar was a Moroccan member of al-Qaeda who helped organize the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States as part of the Hamburg cell.
Zakariyya' al-Qazwini (full name: Abū Yaḥyā Zakariyyāʾ ibn Muḥammad ibn Maḥmūd al-Qazwīnī, Arabic: أبو يحيى زكرياء بن محمد بن محمود القزويني), also known as Qazvini (Persian: قزوینی),, was a professor, jurist, cosmographer and geographer.