Hezekiah

Where Hezekiah comes from

From Hebrew חִזְקִיָּה (Ḥizqiyáhu, “Hezekiah”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Hezekiah
  • Hebrew
  • 4 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1817
    Hezekiah S. Bundy born
    American politician
  2. 1839
    Hezekiah Butterworth born
    American writer
  3. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #571 among boys — 11 babies in the first year on record.
  4. 1891
    Peak, #427
    17 babies named Hezekiah — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1901
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
Namesakes
  • Hezekiah Butterworth · American writer, 1839–1905
  • Hezekiah S. Bundy · American politician, 1817–1895
  • Hezekiah Augur · American artist, 1791–1858
  • Hezekiah L. Hosmer · American politician, 1765–1814
  • Hezekiah · American record producer, rapper, and singer, born 1972

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.