Boys' name · since 2013
Ezekyel
Ezekyel has 84 recorded births since 2013 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2017 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,543 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,189 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 84
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
84 babies have been named Ezekyel since 2013, making it today's #13189 boys' name.
Ezekyel has 84 recorded births among boys since 2013, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13189 as of the latest data, more common than 5% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2013 to 2025.
- #18,543 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #13,189 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 84 born since 2013
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ezekyel ranks #18,543 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,189 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 84 born since 2013, peaking in the 2020s.
- #18,543 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,189 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 84
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ezekyel's 84 recorded births place it above 59.1% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ezekyel compares
84 23rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Ezekyel's all-time total is 77% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ezekyel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 84 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Ezekyel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ezekyel's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2013, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2017 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ezekyel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Ezekyel by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (44 births, 52% of the file).
2020s was Ezekyel's strongest decade.
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Ezekyel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
40 births
- 2020s
2020s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 44 births (52% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2013–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ezekyel draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.