Boys' name · since 1989
Zekiel
729 babies named Zekiel in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,274 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,788 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 729
- born since 1989
- 2020s
- peak decade
729 babies have been named Zekiel since 1989, making it today's #2788 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zekiel has been recorded 729 times among boys since 1989, currently ranked #2788 nationally and more common than 80% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2025.
- #6,274 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,788 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 729 born since 1989
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Zekiel ranks #6,274 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,788 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 729 born since 1989, peaking in the 2020s.
- #6,274 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,788 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 729
- born since 1989
- 2020s
- peak decade
Zekiel's 729 recorded births place it above 86.2% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Zekiel compares
729 Top 37% higher than 63% of 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
Zekiel's all-time total is 98% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Zekiel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 729 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 60 | 34 | 22,252 |
Zekiel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Zekiel's full recorded timeline at 2010, 81% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 19% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1992, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 60 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Zekiel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 60
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Zekiel by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (306 births, 42% of the file).
2020s was Zekiel's strongest decade.
306 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Zekiel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 7
1980s
7 births
- 1990s 27
1990s
27 births
- 2000s 106
2000s
106 births
- 2010s
2010s
283 births
- 2020s
2020s
306 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 306 births (42% of all-time use).
How Zekiel compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Zekiel's total volume
Zekiel by state
Where Zekiel concentrates geographically, total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 74 | 10.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 58 | 8.0% |
| #3 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.7% |
74 of 729 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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- California records the most Zekiels (74 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Zekiel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1989–2025 (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 Zekiel 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.