Boys' name · since 2022
Heziah
Heziah has 45 recorded births since 2022 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,895 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,209 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 45
- born since 2022
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Heziah is the #8209 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 45 recorded since 2022.
Social Security Administration records show Heziah recorded 45 times among boys since 2022, holding rank #8209 nationally today, ahead of 41% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2022 to 2025.
- #22,895 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,209 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 45 born since 2022
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Heziah ranks #22,895 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,209 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 45 born since 2022, peaking in the 2020s.
- #22,895 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,209 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 45
- born since 2022
- 2020s
- peak decade
Heziah's 45 recorded births place it above 49.44% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Heziah compares
45 16th 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
Heziah's all-time total is 88% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Heziah | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 45 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Heziah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Heziah's full recorded timeline at 2024, 38% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 62% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2024, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Heziah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Heziah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (45 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Heziah's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Heziah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
45 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 45 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Heziah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~3 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, 2022–2025 (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 Heziah 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.