Ezekiel
Ezekiel was given to 5,091 boys in 2025, #61 among boys’ names; 83,657 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 80,600 Americans named Ezekiel and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (96% of everyone recorded); the median is 8 years old and half are between 4 and 15.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Ezekiel by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Ezekiel mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Ezekiel is “a male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin. First used by Puritans in the 17th century; rare today.” Its etymology gives the sense “God strengthens” (יְחֶזְקֵאל).
From Koine Greek Ἰεζεκιήλ (Iezekiḗl), from Biblical Hebrew יְחֶזְקֵאל (Y'ḥezqēl, “God strengthens”).
/ɪˈziːkiəl/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Ezekiel?
#61 among boys’ names, 2025
Ezekiel rose from #146 in 2015 to #61 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 1.5 to 3.0 per 1,000.
6,058 babies in 2022, the peak
Ezekiel peaked in 2022, when 6,058 babies were given it (6,053 boys, #48 among boys’ names). The 5,098 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 84% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,091 | #61 | 3.0 |
| 2024 | 5,420 | #54 | 3.1 |
| 2023 | 5,611 | #50 | 3.3 |
| 2022 | 6,053 | #48 | 3.5 |
| 2021 | 5,848 | #53 | 3.3 |
| 2020 | 5,091 | #64 | 2.9 |
| 2019 | 4,936 | #71 | 2.8 |
| 2018 | 4,366 | #87 | 2.4 |
| 2017 | 4,777 | #82 | 2.6 |
| 2016 | 3,404 | #120 | 1.8 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 2,812 | #146 | 1.5 |
| 2014 | 2,383 | #180 | 1.2 |
| 2013 | 2,198 | #186 | 1.2 |
| 2012 | 1,939 | #196 | 1.0 |
| 2011 | 1,871 | #195 | 1.0 |
| 2010 | 1,691 | #212 | 0.88 |
| 2009 | 1,614 | #224 | 0.81 |
| 2008 | 1,547 | #237 | 0.76 |
| 2007 | 1,440 | #248 | 0.69 |
| 2006 | 1,293 | #267 | 0.63 |
| 2005 | 1,068 | #308 | 0.53 |
| 2004 | 988 | #315 | 0.50 |
| 2003 | 912 | #323 | 0.46 |
| 2002 | 792 | #346 | 0.41 |
| 2001 | 729 | #365 | 0.38 |
| 2000 | 741 | #357 | 0.38 |
| 1999 | 690 | #375 | 0.36 |
| 1998 | 499 | #448 | 0.26 |
| 1997 | 467 | #467 | 0.25 |
| 1996 | 386 | #520 | 0.20 |
| 1995 | 333 | #560 | 0.17 |
| 1994 | 291 | #613 | 0.15 |
| 1993 | 294 | #604 | 0.15 |
| 1992 | 262 | #632 | 0.13 |
| 1991 | 256 | #637 | 0.13 |
| 1990 | 263 | #624 | 0.13 |
| 1989 | 224 | #665 | 0.11 |
| 1988 | 191 | #681 | 0.10 |
| 1987 | 162 | #719 | 0.09 |
| 1986 | 151 | #738 | 0.08 |
| 1985 | 117 | #826 | 0.06 |
| 1984 | 160 | #685 | 0.09 |
| 1983 | 149 | #701 | 0.08 |
| 1982 | 131 | #767 | 0.07 |
| 1981 | 119 | #805 | 0.07 |
| 1980 | 118 | #810 | 0.07 |
| 1979 | 120 | #791 | 0.07 |
| 1978 | 125 | #757 | 0.08 |
| 1977 | 123 | #769 | 0.07 |
| 1976 | 75 | #964 | 0.05 |
| 1975 | 88 | #885 | 0.06 |
| 1974 | 80 | #906 | 0.05 |
| 1973 | 59 | #1,060 | 0.04 |
| 1972 | 59 | #1,055 | 0.04 |
| 1971 | 49 | #1,169 | 0.03 |
| 1970 | 42 | #1,283 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 39 | #1,268 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 25 | #1,592 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 34 | #1,295 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 28 | #1,462 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 34 | #1,321 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 39 | #1,244 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 31 | #1,409 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 24 | #1,635 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 39 | #1,267 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 52 | #1,076 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 33 | #1,367 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 37 | #1,266 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 33 | #1,370 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 46 | #1,123 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 41 | #1,173 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 40 | #1,188 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 56 | #960 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 44 | #1,098 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 40 | #1,143 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 46 | #1,041 | 0.03 |
| 1949 | 51 | #975 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 52 | #967 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 56 | #943 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 43 | #1,048 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 54 | #854 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 45 | #967 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 44 | #1,010 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 35 | #1,175 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 43 | #978 | 0.04 |
| 1940 | 49 | #912 | 0.04 |
| 1939 | 31 | #1,175 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 44 | #953 | 0.04 |
| 1937 | 36 | #1,078 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 38 | #1,035 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 33 | #1,152 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 44 | #960 | 0.04 |
| 1933 | 44 | #952 | 0.04 |
| 1932 | 40 | #1,063 | 0.04 |
| 1931 | 44 | #1,002 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 55 | #898 | 0.05 |
| 1929 | 42 | #1,060 | 0.04 |
| 1928 | 42 | #1,084 | 0.04 |
| 1927 | 58 | #893 | 0.05 |
| 1926 | 57 | #891 | 0.05 |
| 1925 | 42 | #1,080 | 0.04 |
| 1924 | 55 | #947 | 0.05 |
| 1923 | 51 | #965 | 0.05 |
| 1922 | 58 | #916 | 0.05 |
| 1921 | 56 | #940 | 0.05 |
| 1920 | 53 | #951 | 0.05 |
| 1919 | 47 | #991 | 0.05 |
| 1918 | 49 | #951 | 0.05 |
| 1917 | 49 | #912 | 0.05 |
| 1916 | 45 | #957 | 0.05 |
| 1915 | 48 | #897 | 0.06 |
| 1914 | 38 | #887 | 0.06 |
| 1913 | 35 | #808 | 0.07 |
| 1912 | 27 | #863 | 0.06 |
| 1911 | 16 | #839 | 0.07 |
| 1910 | 20 | #661 | 0.10 |
| 1909 | 19 | #625 | 0.12 |
| 1908 | 13 | #759 | 0.08 |
| 1907 | 16 | #644 | 0.11 |
| 1906 | 8 | #955 | 0.06 |
| 1905 | 11 | #759 | 0.08 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,109 | 0.05 |
| 1903 | 10 | #749 | 0.08 |
| 1902 | 8 | #881 | 0.07 |
| 1901 | 8 | #797 | 0.08 |
| 1900 | 19 | #562 | 0.13 |
| 1899 | 10 | #675 | 0.09 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,047 | 0.05 |
| 1897 | 10 | #695 | 0.09 |
| 1896 | 16 | #521 | 0.13 |
| 1895 | 9 | #757 | 0.08 |
| 1894 | 14 | #549 | 0.12 |
| 1893 | 14 | #518 | 0.12 |
| 1892 | 18 | #467 | 0.15 |
| 1891 | 9 | #661 | 0.09 |
| 1890 | 9 | #689 | 0.08 |
| 1889 | 14 | #508 | 0.13 |
| 1888 | 16 | #491 | 0.13 |
| 1887 | 11 | #560 | 0.11 |
| 1886 | 17 | #438 | 0.15 |
| 1885 | 10 | #616 | 0.09 |
| 1884 | 13 | #530 | 0.11 |
| 1883 | 14 | #487 | 0.13 |
| 1882 | 11 | #586 | 0.10 |
| 1881 | 22 | #352 | 0.22 |
| 1880 | 16 | #447 | 0.14 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Ezekiel a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Ezekiel has been given almost only to boys: 52 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Ezekiel: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Ezekiel, and how old are they?
80,600 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 96% of the 83,657 Americans ever recorded as Ezekiel. The median Ezekiel alive today is 8 years old; half are between 4 and 15.
The 2020 Census counted 40,784 people named Ezekiel (99 women and girls, 40,685 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 49,361 born in the U.S. The Census count is 17% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 149 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 520 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 985 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 3,330 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 18,000 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 57,600 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Ezekiel born?
The states with the most babies named Ezekiel are California, Texas and Florida, with 41% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 1,089 | #20 | 1.6× |
| Texas | 733 | #37 | 1.2× |
| Florida | 258 | #76 | 0.8× |
| Arizona | 228 | #13 | 1.6× |
| Illinois | 154 | #71 | 0.7× |
| New York | 140 | #139 | 0.4× |
| North Carolina | 133 | #91 | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 131 | #95 | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 123 | #74 | 0.8× |
| Washington | 119 | #59 | 1.2× |
Where Ezekiel is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Ezekiel is most over-represented in Hawaii: since 1910 it was given 3.0 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Ezekiel with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 6 names spelled alike, given to 85,621 babies since 1880, Ezekiel is the most given (98% of them). In 2025 it was given to 5,098 of their 5,147 babies (99%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Ezekiel
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Ezekiel and names like it
- Compare Ezekiel and EzekialBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sEzekiel peaked in 2022.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Ezekiel since 1910.
- Hebrew namesWiktionary’s origin for Ezekiel: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2022The year the most babies were named Ezekiel.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Ezekiel alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with EMost given first.