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
- 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
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| 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 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2022 at #48 (6,053 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 9 yrs · run 2017–2025
- Top 1,000: 110 yrs · run 1974–2025
- Highest: 1 in 288 boys born in 2022 were named Ezekiel (0.35%)
- Latest: 1 in 336 boys born in 2025 (0.30%)
- 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 2016
Top girls' names in 2016
Top boys' names in 2016
More about 2016
girls
1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 295,337 of them was named Ezekiel, which outranked 24.1% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #12,876Zyair7
- #12,876Zyairah7
- #12,876Zyanah7
- #14,331Ezekiel6
- #14,331Aafiya6
- #14,331Aailyah6
- #14,331Aalina6
- #16,215Aadriti5
- #16,215Aafiyah5
- #16,215Aaishah5
Tied with 1,883 names at #14,331; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 558 of them was named Ezekiel, which outranked 99.2% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.