Meaning not yet researched.
Ezekiel: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 5,091 in 2025. Its best rank was #48 in 2022.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #48 in 2022; #61 in 2025. About 99.8% of babies named Ezekiel in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#61 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2022, at #48.
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Ezekiel: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 5,091 boys in 2025. Peak: #48 in 2022 · most boys in one year: 6,053 (2022).
In 2025, 5,091 US boys were named Ezekiel, making it the 61st most common boys’ name of the year, down 7 places from #54 in 2024. That is 329 fewer than the 5,420 boys named Ezekiel in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #48, reached in 2022. That year also had the most boys given the name: 6,053. For comparison, it was #146 in 2015 and #1,042 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ezekiel in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 16 babies with the name. In all, 83,657 US babies have been given the name, 0.1% of them girls and 99.9% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 33,140 babies named Ezekiel.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 50,597 US boys were named Ezekiel; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 6,053. In 2025 that was about 1 in 336 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Ezekiel ranked highest in Hawaii in 2025, at #6 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 33 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Ezequiel (20,811 babies since 1880) and Ezekial (1,514 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Izekiel, Ezechiel and Ezekeil are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Ez and Zeke.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Izekiel (274), Ezechiel (193), Ezekeil (174), Ezikiel (106), Ezykiel (86), Ezekyel (84), Ezequel (23), Ezekeial (12), Ezekiell (10), Eziekiel (7), Ezeqiel (5), Esekiel (5), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 2 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | 40 | #6 | #5 |
| New Mexico | 66 | #9 | #43 |
| Arizona | 228 | #13 | #93 |
| Nevada | 77 | #15 | #112 |
| California | 1,089 | #20 | #113 |
| North Dakota | 21 | #37 | — |
| Texas | 733 | #37 | #153 |
| Oregon | 75 | #38 | #96 |
| Colorado | 117 | #43 | #89 |
| Alaska | 14 | #47 | #54 |
| Wyoming | 9 | #48 | #136 |
| Oklahoma | 67 | #52 | #106 |
| Idaho | 34 | #58 | #110 |
| Washington | 119 | #59 | #123 |
| Kansas | 51 | #63 | #129 |
| Arkansas | 46 | #65 | #131 |
| Iowa | 46 | #70 | #188 |
| Missouri | 89 | #70 | #151 |
| Delaware | 14 | #70 | #140 |
| Illinois | 154 | #71 | #199 |
| Michigan | 123 | #74 | #135 |
| West Virginia | 24 | #76 | #133 |
| Tennessee | 109 | #76 | #162 |
| Florida | 258 | #76 | #168 |
| Indiana | 96 | #77 | #116 |
| Wisconsin | 72 | #82 | #159 |
| South Carolina | 55 | #89 | #213 |
| Virginia | 97 | #90 | #153 |
| North Carolina | 133 | #91 | #157 |
| Maryland | 60 | #94 | #172 |
| Nebraska | 26 | #94 | #108 |
| Ohio | 131 | #95 | #115 |
| Alabama | 54 | #99 | #158 |
| District of Columbia | 9 | #101 | #258 |
| Kentucky | 53 | #102 | #156 |
| Utah | 47 | #110 | #153 |
| Georgia | 104 | #111 | #231 |
| Minnesota | 56 | #113 | #167 |
| Montana | 11 | #115 | #147 |
| Pennsylvania | 107 | #119 | #196 |
| Connecticut | 28 | #133 | #197 |
| Massachusetts | 53 | #136 | #271 |
| New York | 140 | #139 | #335 |
| Maine | 9 | #142 | #181 |
| New Jersey | 68 | #142 | #273 |
| South Dakota | 9 | #156 | #174 |
| Mississippi | 20 | #159 | #255 |
| New Hampshire | 9 | #164 | #145 |
| Louisiana | 31 | #167 | #268 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #12,316 | 5,091 | #61 |
| 2024 | — | — | 5,420 | #54 |
| 2023 | — | — | 5,611 | #50 |
| 2022 | 5 | #16,090 | 6,053 | #48 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,446 | 5,848 | #53 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,995 | 5,091 | #64 |
| 2019 | — | — | 4,936 | #71 |
| 2018 | — | — | 4,366 | #87 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,994 | 4,777 | #82 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,929 | 3,404 | #120 |
| 2015 | 5 | #17,312 | 2,812 | #146 |
| 2014 | — | — | 2,383 | #180 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,632 | 2,198 | #186 |
| 2012 | — | — | 1,939 | #196 |
| 2011 | — | — | 1,871 | #195 |
| 2010 | — | — | 1,691 | #212 |
| 2009 | — | — | 1,614 | #224 |
| 2008 | — | — | 1,547 | #237 |
| 2007 | — | — | 1,440 | #248 |
| 2006 | — | — | 1,293 | #267 |
| 2005 | — | — | 1,068 | #308 |
| 2004 | — | — | 988 | #315 |
| 2003 | — | — | 912 | #323 |
| 2002 | — | — | 792 | #346 |
| 2001 | — | — | 729 | #365 |
| 2000 | — | — | 741 | #357 |
| 1999 | — | — | 690 | #375 |
| 1998 | — | — | 499 | #448 |
| 1997 | — | — | 467 | #467 |
| 1996 | — | — | 386 | #520 |
| 1995 | — | — | 333 | #561 |
| 1994 | — | — | 291 | #614 |
| 1993 | — | — | 294 | #605 |
| 1992 | — | — | 262 | #634 |
| 1991 | — | — | 256 | #639 |
| 1990 | — | — | 263 | #626 |
| 1989 | — | — | 224 | #668 |
| 1988 | — | — | 191 | #681 |
| 1987 | — | — | 162 | #719 |
| 1986 | — | — | 151 | #738 |
| 1985 | — | — | 117 | #826 |
| 1984 | — | — | 160 | #685 |
| 1983 | — | — | 149 | #701 |
| 1982 | — | — | 131 | #767 |
| 1981 | — | — | 119 | #805 |
| 1980 | — | — | 118 | #810 |
| 1979 | — | — | 120 | #791 |
| 1978 | — | — | 125 | #757 |
| 1977 | — | — | 123 | #769 |
| 1976 | — | — | 75 | #964 |
| 1975 | — | — | 88 | #885 |
| 1974 | — | — | 80 | #906 |
| 1973 | — | — | 59 | #1,060 |
| 1972 | — | — | 59 | #1,055 |
| 1971 | — | — | 49 | #1,169 |
| 1970 | — | — | 42 | #1,283 |
| 1969 | — | — | 39 | #1,268 |
| 1968 | — | — | 25 | #1,593 |
| 1967 | — | — | 34 | #1,296 |
| 1966 | — | — | 28 | #1,463 |
| 1965 | — | — | 34 | #1,322 |
| 1964 | — | — | 39 | #1,245 |
| 1963 | — | — | 31 | #1,410 |
| 1962 | — | — | 24 | #1,636 |
| 1961 | — | — | 39 | #1,268 |
| 1960 | — | — | 52 | #1,077 |
| 1959 | — | — | 33 | #1,368 |
| 1958 | — | — | 37 | #1,267 |
| 1957 | — | — | 33 | #1,371 |
| 1956 | — | — | 46 | #1,124 |
| 1955 | — | — | 41 | #1,174 |
| 1954 | — | — | 40 | #1,189 |
| 1953 | — | — | 56 | #961 |
| 1952 | — | — | 44 | #1,099 |
| 1951 | — | — | 40 | #1,144 |
| 1950 | — | — | 46 | #1,042 |
| 1949 | — | — | 51 | #976 |
| 1948 | — | — | 52 | #968 |
| 1947 | — | — | 56 | #944 |
| 1946 | — | — | 43 | #1,048 |
| 1945 | — | — | 54 | #854 |
| 1944 | — | — | 45 | #967 |
| 1943 | — | — | 44 | #1,010 |
| 1942 | — | — | 35 | #1,175 |
| 1941 | — | — | 43 | #978 |
| 1940 | — | — | 49 | #912 |
| 1939 | — | — | 31 | #1,175 |
| 1938 | — | — | 44 | #953 |
| 1937 | — | — | 36 | #1,078 |
| 1936 | — | — | 38 | #1,035 |
| 1935 | — | — | 33 | #1,152 |
| 1934 | — | — | 44 | #960 |
| 1933 | — | — | 44 | #952 |
| 1932 | — | — | 40 | #1,063 |
| 1931 | — | — | 44 | #1,002 |
| 1930 | — | — | 55 | #898 |
| 1929 | — | — | 42 | #1,060 |
| 1928 | — | — | 42 | #1,084 |
| 1927 | — | — | 58 | #893 |
| 1926 | — | — | 57 | #891 |
| 1925 | — | — | 42 | #1,080 |
| 1924 | — | — | 55 | #947 |
| 1923 | — | — | 51 | #965 |
| 1922 | — | — | 58 | #916 |
| 1921 | — | — | 56 | #940 |
| 1920 | — | — | 53 | #951 |
| 1919 | — | — | 47 | #991 |
| 1918 | — | — | 49 | #951 |
| 1917 | — | — | 49 | #912 |
| 1916 | — | — | 45 | #957 |
| 1915 | — | — | 48 | #897 |
| 1914 | — | — | 38 | #887 |
| 1913 | — | — | 35 | #808 |
| 1912 | — | — | 27 | #863 |
| 1911 | — | — | 16 | #840 |
| 1910 | — | — | 20 | #661 |
| 1909 | — | — | 19 | #625 |
| 1908 | — | — | 13 | #759 |
| 1907 | — | — | 16 | #644 |
| 1906 | — | — | 8 | #956 |
| 1905 | — | — | 11 | #759 |
| 1904 | — | — | 6 | #1,110 |
| 1903 | — | — | 10 | #749 |
| 1902 | — | — | 8 | #882 |
| 1901 | — | — | 8 | #798 |
| 1900 | — | — | 19 | #562 |
| 1899 | — | — | 10 | #675 |
| 1898 | — | — | 6 | #1,048 |
| 1897 | — | — | 10 | #695 |
| 1896 | — | — | 16 | #521 |
| 1895 | — | — | 9 | #757 |
| 1894 | — | — | 14 | #549 |
| 1893 | — | — | 14 | #518 |
| 1892 | — | — | 18 | #467 |
| 1891 | — | — | 9 | #661 |
| 1890 | — | — | 9 | #689 |
| 1889 | — | — | 14 | #508 |
| 1888 | — | — | 16 | #491 |
| 1887 | — | — | 11 | #560 |
| 1886 | — | — | 17 | #438 |
| 1885 | — | — | 10 | #616 |
| 1884 | — | — | 13 | #530 |
| 1883 | — | — | 14 | #487 |
| 1882 | — | — | 11 | #586 |
| 1881 | — | — | 22 | #352 |
| 1880 | — | — | 16 | #447 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).