Zekiel

#2,765 for boys in 2025, 46 births

Peak · boys
2023 · 60 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
729
since 1989

Zekiel over time

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Rank among boys' names. Zekiel has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202021boysat 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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rankbirths
2025#2,76546
2024#3,33535
2023#2,31560
2022#2,43857
2021#2,34958
2020#2,54650
2019#2,52552
2018#2,74844
2017#2,95140
2016#3,77628
2015#3,43132
2014#7,04811
2013#6,60312
2012#4,25123
2011#4,22123
2010#5,04718
2009#7,23611
2008#5,76715
2007#4,80819
2006#5,52515
2005#9,1157
2004#8,9277
2003#7,2459
2002#7,6438
2001#6,44510
2000#10,3495
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First appearance
1989

The first year at least five boys were named Zekiel! It came in at #6,229, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1990–1993, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Zekiel is popular in 2021

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,514 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 17,216 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedHITexas: #2,196 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 28,521 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Zekiel, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#1,514 · 1 in 17,216
  2. Texas#2,196 · 1 in 28,521

Best ever in a state: #884 in Arizona, 2019.

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California#1,514111 in 17,216
Texas#2,19661 in 28,521
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Zekiel
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 570 spots since 2024 (#3,335#2,765)
  • 219 spots since 2020 (#2,546#2,765)
  • 666 spots since 2015 (#3,431#2,765)
Rise & fade · boys
34 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1989
  • Peaked 2023 at #2,315 (60 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 28,510
  • Highest: 1 in 28,510 boys born in 2023 were named Zekiel (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 37,132 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 42.0% of all boys named Zekiel (306) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s7#6,229 (1989)#6,229
1990s27#5,868 (1994)#7,493
2000s106#4,808 (2007)#7,306
2010s283#2,525 (2019)#4,260
2020s306#2,315 (2023)#2,625

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.

Zekiel in 2021

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#2,349
58 births · 1 in 30,163 boys

Top boys' names in 2021

  1. #1Liam20,424
  2. #2Noah18,919
  3. #3Oliver14,713
  4. #4Elijah12,845
  5. #5James12,474
  6. #6William12,170
  7. #7Benjamin11,895
  8. #8Lucas11,584
  9. #9Henry11,370
  10. #10Theodore9,600
  11. #2,349Zekiel58
More about 2021

boys

1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 30,163 of them was named Zekiel, which outranked 83.3% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zekiel
  1. #2,321Shlok59
  2. #2,321Witten59
  3. #2,321Zuriel59
  4. #2,349Zekiel58
  5. #2,349Abdullahi58
  6. #2,349Branden58
  7. #2,349Devan58
  8. #2,373Adryan57
  9. #2,373Ahad57
  10. #2,373Arion57

Tied with 23 names at #2,349; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2020
Risers
  1. 536Amiri#1,295#759
  2. 438Eliam#1,177#739
  3. 343Colter#972#629
  4. 333Ozzy#1,046#713
  5. 299Loyal#1,053#754
Fallers
  1. 352Jaxtyn#585#937
  2. 259Karsyn#698#957
  3. 231Xzavier#976#1,207
  4. 208Tristen#846#1,054
  5. 208Willie#992#1,200

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

See the top 100 for 2021