Boys' name · since 2001
Hezakiah
128 babies named Hezakiah in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,804 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,625 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 128
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Hezakiah is the #8625 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 128 recorded since 2001.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hezakiah has been recorded 128 times among boys since 2001, currently ranked #8625 nationally and more common than 38% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #15,804 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,625 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 128 born since 2001
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Hezakiah ranks #15,804 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,625 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 128 born since 2001, peaking in the 2000s.
- #15,804 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,625 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 128
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Hezakiah's 128 recorded births place it above 65.17% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Hezakiah compares
128 30th 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
Hezakiah's all-time total is 65% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Hezakiah | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 128 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Hezakiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Hezakiah's SSA record in two at 2016 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2001, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2024 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Hezakiah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Hezakiah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (49 births, 38% of the file).
2000s was Hezakiah's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Hezakiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
49 births
- 2010s
2010s
39 births
- 2020s
2020s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 49 births (38% of all-time use).
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What to do with Hezakiah's data
- Hezakiah's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (49 total births) through the 2020s (40) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Hezakiah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~24 yrs)
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, 2001–2025 (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 Hezakiah 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.