Zedekiah

Where Zedekiah comes from

From Hebrew צדקיהו (“God is righteous”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Zedekiah
  • Hebrew
Along the way
  1. 1982
    First appearance
    #6,385 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2019
    Peak, #2,851
    43 babies named Zedekiah — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2025
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #4,857.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew.
Namesakes

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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.