Ezekiel Boy
How popular is Ezekiel?
#61 boy name in 2025
5,091 baby boys were named Ezekiel in the US in 2025, making it the 61st most popular boy name. Another 7 girls got the name (#11,928 for girls).
Ezekiel popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #61 for boys (▼ 7 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 5,091 boys, 7 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+81% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #146 in 2015, #64 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (6,053 boys) |
| Highest rank | #48 in 2022 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 4% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Ezekiel counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Ezekiel family of names ranked #67 for boys in 2025 (#60 the year before), with 5,126 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ezekiel | 5,091 | 99% |
| Ezekial | 30 | 1% |
| Ezekyel | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Ezekiel is most popular
Babies named Ezekiel per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Mexico: 12.6 per 1,000 (415 boys)
- Hawaii: 11.9 per 1,000 (185 boys)
- Nevada: 7.8 per 1,000 (443 boys)
- Wyoming: 7.1 per 1,000 (41 boys)
- California: 6.9 per 1,000 (6,327 boys)
Ezekiel by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 144 | #348 |
| 1890s | 115 | #458 |
| 1900s | 118 | #555 |
| 1910s | 374 | #654 |
| 1920s | 514 | #890 |
| 1930s | 409 | #892 |
| 1940s | 472 | #850 |
| 1950s | 416 | #958 |
| 1960s | 345 | #1,071 |
| 1970s | 820 | #757 |
| 1980s | 1,522 | #665 |
| 1990s | 3,741 | #375 |
| 2000s | 11,124 | #224 |
| 2010s | 30,377 | #71 |
| 2020s | 33,114 | #48 |
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Questions
- Is Ezekiel a boy or girl name?
- Ezekiel is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Ezekiel were boys.
- How popular is the name Ezekiel?
- 5,091 baby boys were named Ezekiel in the US in 2025, making it the 61st most popular boy name. Another 7 girls got the name (#11,928 for girls).
- When was Ezekiel most popular?
- Ezekiel peaked in 2022, when 6,053 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #48 in 2022.
- How many people are named Ezekiel?
- 83,657 babies have been named Ezekiel in the US since 1880. We estimate about 80,905 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Ezekiel most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Ezekiel was most common in New Mexico, at 12.6 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.