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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201880boysat 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.

Where Ezekiel is popular in 1880

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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 1880

boys
#442
16 births · 1 in 6,906 boys

Top boys' names in 1880

  1. #1John9,655
  2. #2William9,532
  3. #3James5,927
  4. #4Charles5,348
  5. #5George5,126
  6. #6Frank3,242
  7. #7Joseph2,632
  8. #8Thomas2,534
  9. #9Henry2,444
  10. #10Robert2,415
  11. #442Ezekiel16
More about 1880

boys

110,490 boys got a published name in 1880; 1 in 6,906 of them was named Ezekiel, which outranked 58.2% of the 1,058 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 44.2% of boys (8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ezekiel
  1. #425Pleasant17
  2. #425Sterling17
  3. #425Steven17
  4. #442Ezekiel16
  5. #442Axel16
  6. #442Boyd16
  7. #442Bryant16
  8. #465Bennett15
  9. #465Casper15
  10. #465Christ15

Tied with 22 names at #442; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

See the top 100 for 1880 →