Names / Boy names
Zadok
Current rank
#4,853
holding steady
All-time peak
#3,370
in 2012
First recorded
1980
in U.S. data
Children named
536
since 1980
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #3,370 in 2012 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Righteous. The name makes its debut in U.S. records in 1980. These days it lands below the top 1,000, so it still feels distinctive. Only about 536 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.