Hezekiah — #490 US boys' name
10,583 babies named Hezekiah in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 97% of names given to boys today.
31% of everyone ever named Hezekiah was born in this single decade.
626 babies were named Hezekiah in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Hezekiah
The Social Security Administration has registered 10,583 babies named Hezekiah between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Hezekiah currently holds the #490 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 626 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Hezekiah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 3,318 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Hezekiah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 877 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Hezekiah in 43 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Hezekiah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 10,583 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Hezekiah at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Hezekiah popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (2024)
- 626
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #490 among boys.
10,583 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 626 births in a single year.
Hezekiah popularity over time — girls
10 total births recorded since 2006 (Hezekiah as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Hezekiah accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Hezekiah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 3,318 births that decade — 31% of Hezekiah's all-time total
Hezekiah decade highlights
- Peak decade 3,318 births
- Runner-up 2,644 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Hezekiah's strongest decade
3,318 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Hezekiah by state
Where Hezekiah concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 877 | 8.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 727 | 6.9% |
| #3 | Florida | | 529 | 5.0% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 398 | 3.8% |
| #5 | South Carolina | | 376 | 3.6% |
| #6 | New York | | 338 | 3.2% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 312 | 2.9% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 287 | 2.7% |
877 of 10,583 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 43 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 8.3% of nationwide
- Texas 6.9% of nationwide
- Florida 5.0% of nationwide
- North Carolina 3.8% of nationwide
- South Carolina 3.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 43 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Hezekiah appears in 43 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.