Pure, clean, or innocent
Derived from the Hebrew name Zakkai, it signifies someone who is morally pure or innocent. In the New Testament, it is the name of a tax collector in Jericho who climbed a sycamore tree to see Jesus.
Less common today
Zaccheaus isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #8,018 in 2005.
US births per 5-year period, 1990–present (SSA data).
Biblical figure and tax collector in Jericho
2nd-century Bishop of Jerusalem and Christian saint
