Zacarias is the Spanish and Portuguese form of Zechariah, a Hebrew name that means "Yahweh remembers" or "God has remembered", borne by an Old Testament prophet and by the father of John the Baptist. In the United States the name is used chiefly in Hispanic families: it stood at number 3534 in 2000, peaked at number 2680 in 2010 and sits at number 2939 in 2025.