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 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 83,605since 1880
Ezekiel over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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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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| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 | #61 | 5,091 |
| 2024 | — | #54 | 5,420 | |
| 2023 | — | #50 | 5,611 | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 | #48 | 6,053 |
| 2021 | #11,146 | 8 | #53 | 5,848 |
| 2020 | #13,453 | 6 | #64 | 5,091 |
| 2019 | — | #71 | 4,936 | |
| 2018 | — | #87 | 4,366 | |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 | #82 | 4,777 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #120 | 3,404 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #146 | 2,812 |
| 2014 | — | #180 | 2,383 | |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | #186 | 2,198 |
| 2012 | — | #196 | 1,939 | |
| 2011 | — | #195 | 1,871 | |
| 2010 | — | #212 | 1,691 | |
| 2009 | — | #224 | 1,614 | |
| 2008 | — | #237 | 1,547 | |
| 2007 | — | #248 | 1,440 | |
| 2006 | — | #267 | 1,293 | |
| 2005 | — | #308 | 1,068 | |
| 2004 | — | #315 | 988 | |
| 2003 | — | #323 | 912 | |
| 2002 | — | #346 | 792 | |
| 2001 | — | #365 | 729 | |
| 2000 | — | #357 | 741 | |
| 1999 | — | #375 | 690 | |
| 1998 | — | #448 | 499 | |
| 1997 | — | #467 | 467 | |
| 1996 | — | #520 | 386 | |
| 1995 | — | #561 | 333 | |
| 1994 | — | #614 | 291 | |
| 1993 | — | #605 | 294 | |
| 1992 | — | #634 | 262 | |
| 1991 | — | #639 | 256 | |
| 1990 | — | #625 | 263 | |
| 1989 | — | #668 | 224 | |
| 1988 | — | #680 | 191 | |
| 1987 | — | #717 | 162 | |
| 1986 | — | #738 | 151 | |
| 1985 | — | #823 | 117 | |
| 1984 | — | #685 | 160 | |
| 1983 | — | #700 | 149 | |
| 1982 | — | #766 | 131 | |
| 1981 | — | #804 | 119 | |
| 1980 | — | #808 | 118 | |
| 1979 | — | #789 | 120 | |
| 1978 | — | #757 | 125 | |
| 1977 | — | #767 | 123 | |
| 1976 | — | #963 | 75 | |
| 1975 | — | #882 | 88 | |
| 1974 | — | #903 | 80 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,054 | 59 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,050 | 59 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,165 | 49 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,278 | 42 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,265 | 39 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,574 | 25 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,287 | 34 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,450 | 28 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,318 | 34 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,236 | 39 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,403 | 31 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,625 | 24 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,262 | 39 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,072 | 52 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,360 | 33 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,265 | 37 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,364 | 33 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,120 | 46 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,167 | 41 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,186 | 40 | |
| 1953 | — | #959 | 56 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,094 | 44 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,139 | 40 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,037 | 46 | |
| 1949 | — | #967 | 51 | |
| 1948 | — | #963 | 52 | |
| 1947 | — | #938 | 56 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,045 | 43 | |
| 1945 | — | #850 | 54 | |
| 1944 | — | #964 | 45 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,006 | 44 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,167 | 35 | |
| 1941 | — | #971 | 43 | |
| 1940 | — | #904 | 49 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,168 | 31 | |
| 1938 | — | #951 | 44 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,074 | 36 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,028 | 38 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,148 | 33 | |
| 1934 | — | #956 | 44 | |
| 1933 | — | #946 | 44 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,056 | 40 | |
| 1931 | — | #997 | 44 | |
| 1930 | — | #892 | 55 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,055 | 42 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,078 | 42 | |
| 1927 | — | #892 | 58 | |
| 1926 | — | #890 | 57 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,073 | 42 | |
| 1924 | — | #944 | 55 | |
| 1923 | — | #961 | 51 | |
| 1922 | — | #914 | 58 | |
| 1921 | — | #939 | 56 | |
| 1920 | — | #947 | 53 | |
| 1919 | — | #989 | 47 | |
| 1918 | — | #949 | 49 | |
| 1917 | — | #909 | 49 | |
| 1916 | — | #952 | 45 | |
| 1915 | — | #893 | 48 | |
| 1914 | — | #884 | 38 | |
| 1913 | — | #806 | 35 | |
| 1912 | — | #854 | 27 | |
| 1911 | — | #824 | 16 | |
| 1910 | — | #654 | 20 | |
| 1909 | — | #615 | 19 | |
| 1908 | — | #744 | 13 | |
| 1907 | — | #634 | 16 | |
| 1906 | — | #927 | 8 | |
| 1905 | — | #741 | 11 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,064 | 6 | |
| 1903 | — | #734 | 10 | |
| 1902 | — | #862 | 8 | |
| 1901 | — | #779 | 8 | |
| 1900 | — | #555 | 19 | |
| 1899 | — | #661 | 10 | |
| 1898 | — | #1,002 | 6 | |
| 1897 | — | #681 | 10 | |
| 1896 | — | #518 | 16 | |
| 1895 | — | #738 | 9 | |
| 1894 | — | #543 | 14 | |
| 1893 | — | #509 | 14 | |
| 1892 | — | #458 | 18 | |
| 1891 | — | #635 | 9 | |
| 1890 | — | #667 | 9 | |
| 1889 | — | #498 | 14 | |
| 1888 | — | #484 | 16 | |
| 1887 | — | #544 | 11 | |
| 1886 | — | #431 | 17 | |
| 1885 | — | #604 | 10 | |
| 1884 | — | #520 | 13 | |
| 1883 | — | #479 | 14 | |
| 1882 | — | #576 | 11 | |
| 1881 | — | #348 | 22 | |
| 1880 | — | #442 | 16 | |
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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 144 | #348 (1881) | #493 |
| 1890s | 115 | #458 (1892) | #641 |
| 1900s | 118 | #555 (1900) | #766 |
| 1910s | 374 | #654 (1910) | #871 |
| 1920s | 514 | #890 (1926) | #969 |
| 1930s | 409 | #892 (1930) | #1,022 |
| 1940s | 472 | #850 (1945) | #978 |
| 1950s | 416 | #959 (1953) | #1,169 |
| 1960s | 345 | #1,072 (1960) | #1,349 |
| 1970s | 820 | #757 (1978) | #961 |
| 1980s | 1,522 | #668 (1989) | #739 |
| 1990s | 3,741 | #375 (1999) | #549 |
| 2000s | 11,124 | #224 (2009) | #299 |
| 2010s | 30,377 | #71 (2019) | #148 |
| 2020s | 33,114 | #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 1981
boys
#804
119 births · 1 in 15,052 boys
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 15,052 of them was named Ezekiel, which outranked 89.0% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).