Ezekiel

#11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births · #61 for boys in 2025, 5,091 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
2022 · 6,053 births
Debut · boys
16 births
In top 100 · boys
9 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
83,605
since 1880

Ezekiel over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201909boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#11,9327#615,091
2024#545,420
2023#505,611
2022#15,3065#486,053
2021#11,1468#535,848
2020#13,4536#645,091
2019#714,936
2018#874,366
2017#11,6158#824,777
2016#14,3316#1203,404
2015#16,4195#1462,812
2014#1802,383
2013#13,1507#1862,198
2012#1961,939
2011#1951,871
2010#2121,691
2009#2241,614
2008#2371,547
2007#2481,440
2006#2671,293
2005#3081,068
2004#315988
2003#323912
2002#346792
2001#365729
2000#357741
1999#375690
1998#448499
1997#467467
1996#520386
1995#561333
1994#614291
1993#605294
1992#634262
1991#639256
1990#625263
1989#668224
1988#680191
1987#717162
1986#738151
1985#823117
1984#685160
1983#700149
1982#766131
1981#804119
1980#808118
1979#789120
1978#757125
1977#767123
1976#96375
1975#88288
1974#90380
1973#1,05459
1972#1,05059
1971#1,16549
1970#1,27842
1969#1,26539
1968#1,57425
1967#1,28734
1966#1,45028
1965#1,31834
1964#1,23639
1963#1,40331
1962#1,62524
1961#1,26239
1960#1,07252
1959#1,36033
1958#1,26537
1957#1,36433
1956#1,12046
1955#1,16741
1954#1,18640
1953#95956
1952#1,09444
1951#1,13940
1950#1,03746
1949#96751
1948#96352
1947#93856
1946#1,04543
1945#85054
1944#96445
1943#1,00644
1942#1,16735
1941#97143
1940#90449
1939#1,16831
1938#95144
1937#1,07436
1936#1,02838
1935#1,14833
1934#95644
1933#94644
1932#1,05640
1931#99744
1930#89255
1929#1,05542
1928#1,07842
1927#89258
1926#89057
1925#1,07342
1924#94455
1923#96151
1922#91458
1921#93956
1920#94753
1919#98947
1918#94949
1917#90949
1916#95245
1915#89348
1914#88438
1913#80635
1912#85427
1911#82416
1910#65420
1909#61519
1908#74413
1907#63416
1906#9278
1905#74111
1904#1,0646
1903#73410
1902#8628
1901#7798
1900#55519
1899#66110
1898#1,0026
1897#68110
1896#51816
1895#7389
1894#54314
1893#50914
1892#45818
1891#6359
1890#6679
1889#49814
1888#48416
1887#54411
1886#43117
1885#60410
1884#52013
1883#47914
1882#57611
1881#34822
1880#44216
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Ezekiel was already there! It came in at #442, and was given to 16 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1898, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.

See more about Ezekiel
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 7 spots since 2024 (#54#61)
  • 3 spots since 2020 (#64#61)
  • 85 spots since 2015 (#146#61)
  • Biggest jump: 341 spots in 1899 (#1,002#661)
  • Biggest drop: 330 spots in 1904 (#734#1,064)
Rise & fade · boys
142 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2022 at #48 (6,053 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 9 yrs · run 2017–2025
  • Top 1,000: 110 yrs · run 1974–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 288
  • Highest: 1 in 288 boys born in 2022 were named Ezekiel (0.35%)
  • Latest: 1 in 336 boys born in 2025 (0.30%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 39.6% of all boys named Ezekiel (33,114) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s144#348 (1881)#493
1890s115#458 (1892)#641
1900s118#555 (1900)#766
1910s374#654 (1910)#871
1920s514#890 (1926)#969
1930s409#892 (1930)#1,022
1940s472#850 (1945)#978
1950s416#959 (1953)#1,169
1960s345#1,072 (1960)#1,349
1970s820#757 (1978)#961
1980s1,522#668 (1989)#739
1990s3,741#375 (1999)#549
2000s11,124#224 (2009)#299
2010s30,377#71 (2019)#148
2020s33,114#48 (2022)#55

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Ezekiel in 1909

boys
#615
19 births · 1 in 8,631 boys

Top boys' names in 1909

  1. #1John9,590
  2. #2William7,913
  3. #3James7,595
  4. #4George4,688
  5. #5Robert4,563
  6. #6Joseph4,348
  7. #7Charles4,029
  8. #8Frank3,244
  9. #9Edward2,935
  10. #10Thomas2,468
  11. #615Ezekiel19
More about 1909

boys

163,996 boys got a published name in 1909; 1 in 8,631 of them was named Ezekiel, which outranked 63.4% of the 1,679 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ezekiel
  1. #590Williams20
  2. #590Winfred20
  3. #590Wyatt20
  4. #615Ezekiel19
  5. #615Allie19
  6. #615Andres19
  7. #615Bradley19
  8. #636Alvis18
  9. #636Billy18
  10. #636Casper18

Tied with 20 names at #615; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1908
Risers
  1. 783Toney#1,373#590
  2. 720Cicero#1,373#653
  3. 538Alfonzo#1,217#679
  4. 533Bessie#1,373#840
  5. 533Ezell#1,373#840
Fallers
  1. 874Tracy#566#1,440
  2. 808Jonah#632#1,440
  3. 808Lew#632#1,440
  4. 783Blair#657#1,440
  5. 728Perley#712#1,440

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1909