Hezekiah

#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · #485 for boys in 2025, 621 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1891 · 17 births
Debut · boys
11 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
11,213
since 1880

Hezekiah over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Hezekiah has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201903peak #427, 1891boys
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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#14,9425#485621
2024—#489631
2023—#529557
2022—#586489
2021—#570495
2020#15,0885#578479
2019—#632427
2018—#620432
2017—#610432
2016—#675378
2015—#673377
2014—#772303
2013—#872242
2012—#821268
2011—#869242
2010—#920219
2009—#875241
2008—#918223
2007—#919215
2006#17,1685#877225
2005—#1,053157
2004—#1,000165
2003—#1,055147
2002—#1,033148
2001—#1,053137
2000—#1,107127
1999—#1,24999
1998—#1,38384
1997—#1,58064
1996—#1,59961
1995—#1,95543
1994—#2,04140
1993—#2,34732
1992—#2,41230
1991—#2,46928
1990—#3,05820
1989—#2,41627
1988—#4,16211
1987—#3,20115
1986—#3,44013
1985—#3,80511
1984—#3,10714
1983—#3,63011
1982—#3,28213
1981—#2,77916
1980—#2,36721
1979—#2,23622
1978—#2,13422
1977—#3,38611
1976—#2,82614
1975—#2,45017
1974—#3,5589
1973—#3,6948
1972—#1,81924
1971—#2,46415
1970—#2,89111
1969—#2,13016
1968—#2,9079
1967—#2,47011
1966—#2,13214
1965—#2,17814
1964—#2,40912
1963—#1,90218
1962—#1,96217
1961—#1,94818
1960—#2,21014
1959—#1,52227
1958—#2,09315
1957—#1,67323
1956—#2,01516
1955—#1,64622
1954—#1,22737
1953—#1,70920
1952—#1,43028
1951—#1,24235
1950—#1,28931
1949—#1,16337
1948—#1,23134
1947—#1,31631
1946—#1,32728
1945—#1,13933
1944—#1,25528
1943—#1,28029
1942—#1,35826
1941—#1,63318
1940—#1,43322
1939—#1,35924
1938—#1,22129
1937—#1,18031
1936—#1,32625
1935—#1,16532
1934—#1,46122
1933—#1,36124
1932—#1,15734
1931—#1,39425
1930—#1,25932
1929—#1,05542
1928—#1,38228
1927—#1,17837
1926—#1,27832
1925—#1,16437
1924—#1,07144
1923—#96151
1922—#1,08442
1921—#1,22635
1920—#1,00447
1919—#1,02444
1918—#91852
1917—#94646
1916—#1,41524
1915—#1,14132
1914—#81942
1913—#91429
1912—#81629
1911—#82416
1910—#82214
1909—#89311
1908—#87710
1907—#59118
1906—#75211
1905—#69912
1904—#64713
1903—#1,1305
1902—#65112
1901——
1900—#53420
1899—#58312
1898—#61113
1897—#51515
1896—#59213
1895—#50116
1894—#7309
1893—#57212
1892—#57213
1891—#42717
1890—#8846
1889—#46416
1888—#7049
1887—#48813
1886—#7587
1885—#6419
1884—#6639
1883—#46015
1882—#7547
1881—#50312
1880—#57111
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Hezekiah was already there! It came in at #571, and was given to 11 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1901, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Hezekiah is popular in 1903

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Hezekiah
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 4 spots since 2024 (#489 → #485)
  • 93 spots since 2020 (#578 → #485)
  • 188 spots since 2015 (#673 → #485)
  • Biggest jump: 483 spots in 1904 (#1,130 → #647)
  • Biggest drop: 479 spots in 1903 (#651 → #1,130)
Rise & fade · boys
11 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1891 at #427 (17 births)
  • Births halved by 1901, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 57 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1880–1900
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,730
  • Highest: 1 in 2,730 boys born in 2024 were named Hezekiah (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,751 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
  • Its best rank, #427 in 1891, was only 1 in 5,952 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 29.6% of all boys named Hezekiah (3,320) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s108#460 (1883)#601
1890s126#427 (1891)#599
1900s112#534 (1900)#753
1910s328#816 (1912)#964
1920s395#961 (1923)#1,140
1930s278#1,157 (1932)#1,288
1940s286#1,139 (1945)#1,314
1950s254#1,227 (1954)#1,585
1960s143#1,902 (1963)#2,225
1970s153#1,819 (1972)#2,746
1980s152#2,367 (1980)#3,219
1990s501#1,249 (1999)#2,009
2000s1,785#875 (2009)#989
2010s3,320#610 (2017)#746
2020s3,272#485 (2025)#540

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.

Hezekiah in 1903

boys
#1,130
5 births · 1 in 23,846 boys

Top boys' names in 1903

  1. #1John7,608
  2. #2William6,311
  3. #3James5,479
  4. #4George3,961
  5. #5Charles3,213
  6. #6Joseph3,121
  7. #7Robert3,044
  8. #8Frank2,644
  9. #9Edward2,268
  10. #10Thomas1,962
  11. #1,130Hezekiah5
More about 1903

boys

119,230 boys got a published name in 1903; 1 in 23,846 of them was named Hezekiah, which outranked 13.5% of the 1,306 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Hezekiah
  1. #1,009Wong6
  2. #1,009Woodie6
  3. #1,009Zelma6
  4. #1,130Hezekiah5
  5. #1,130Adelard5
  6. #1,130Adelbert5
  7. #1,130Adolf5

Tied with 176 names at #1,130; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1902
Risers
  1. ↑ 610Garnett#1,137 → #527
  2. ↑ 562Jordan#1,013 → #451
  3. ↑ 561Reynold#1,137 → #576
  4. ↑ 542Artis#1,137 → #595
  5. ↑ 518Josiah#1,137 → #619
Fallers
  1. ↓ 574Hunter#556 → #1,130
  2. ↓ 547Audrey#583 → #1,130
  3. ↓ 479Hayes#651 → #1,130
  4. ↓ 479Hezekiah#651 → #1,130
  5. ↓ 479Oakley#651 → #1,130

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

See the top 100 for 1903 →