Yechezkel — #3719 US boys' name
848 babies named Yechezkel in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 74% of names given to boys today.
30% of everyone ever named Yechezkel was born in this single decade.
38 babies were named Yechezkel in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Yechezkel
The Social Security Administration has registered 848 babies named Yechezkel between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Yechezkel currently holds the #3719 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 38 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Yechezkel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 256 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Yechezkel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 348 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Yechezkel in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Yechezkel 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 848 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.
Yechezkel at a glance
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Current rank
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Yechezkel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1976
- Peak year (2020)
- 38
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
Currently ranks #3719 among boys.
848 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 38 births in a single year.
Yechezkel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 256 births that decade — 30% of Yechezkel's all-time total
Yechezkel decade highlights
- Peak decade 256 births
- Runner-up 231 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Yechezkel's strongest decade
256 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Yechezkel by state
Where Yechezkel concentrates geographically — total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 348 | 41.0% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 253 | 29.8% |
348 of 848 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 41.0% of nationwide
- New Jersey 29.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 41.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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, 1976–2024 (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.