Meaning not yet researched.
Hezekiah: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 621 in 2025. Its best rank was #435 in 1891.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #435 in 1891; #485 in 2025. About 99% of babies named Hezekiah in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#485 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1891, at #435.
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Hezekiah: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 621 boys in 2025. Peak: #435 in 1891 · most boys in one year: 631 (2024).
In 2025, 621 US boys were named Hezekiah, making it the 485th most common boys’ name of the year, up 5 places from #490 in 2024. That is 10 fewer than the 631 boys named Hezekiah in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #435, reached in 1891. The most boys given the name in a single year was 631, in 2024. For comparison, it was #673 in 2015 and #1,300 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Hezekiah in 145 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 11 babies. In all, 11,228 US babies have been given the name, 0.1% of them girls and 99.8% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 3,320 babies named Hezekiah.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 4,941 US boys were named Hezekiah; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 631. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,751 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Hezekiah ranked highest in Hawaii in 2025, at #39 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 1 state (counting DC). Rarer spellings such as Hezakiah, Hezikiah and Hezekiyah are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Hez, Hy and Kiah.
Meaning not yet researched.
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No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Hezakiah (128), Hezikiah (99), Hezekiyah (68), Hezeki (38), Hezekyah (36).
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 18 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | 18 | #39 | #125 |
| New Mexico | 8 | #250 | #329 |
| Oklahoma | 19 | #259 | #739 |
| Colorado | 20 | #321 | #844 |
| Washington | 23 | #328 | #616 |
| Arizona | 21 | #365 | #825 |
| Indiana | 20 | #373 | #642 |
| Ohio | 27 | #399 | #665 |
| Kansas | 9 | #406 | #436 |
| Texas | 79 | #427 | #617 |
| California | 74 | #433 | #690 |
| North Carolina | 25 | #437 | #678 |
| Georgia | 25 | #445 | #637 |
| Tennessee | 17 | #462 | #647 |
| Iowa | 7 | #464 | — |
| Nebraska | 5 | #466 | — |
| Florida | 39 | #470 | #500 |
| Arkansas | 6 | #510 | #587 |
| South Carolina | 9 | #519 | #352 |
| Illinois | 19 | #522 | #1,023 |
| Connecticut | 5 | #523 | — |
| Wisconsin | 9 | #539 | #630 |
| Louisiana | 8 | #550 | #868 |
| Mississippi | 5 | #560 | #563 |
| Minnesota | 9 | #560 | #841 |
| Michigan | 14 | #583 | #783 |
| Missouri | 9 | #611 | #773 |
| Maryland | 7 | #654 | #742 |
| Utah | 6 | #655 | — |
| Oregon | 5 | #656 | #438 |
| Pennsylvania | 13 | #681 | #537 |
| New York | 17 | #813 | #1,402 |
| New Jersey | 5 | #1,087 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #15,773 | 621 | #485 |
| 2024 | — | — | 631 | #490 |
| 2023 | — | — | 557 | #531 |
| 2022 | — | — | 489 | #586 |
| 2021 | — | — | 495 | #570 |
| 2020 | 5 | #16,016 | 479 | #578 |
| 2019 | — | — | 427 | #632 |
| 2018 | — | — | 432 | #620 |
| 2017 | — | — | 432 | #611 |
| 2016 | — | — | 378 | #676 |
| 2015 | — | — | 377 | #673 |
| 2014 | — | — | 303 | #772 |
| 2013 | — | — | 242 | #873 |
| 2012 | — | — | 268 | #821 |
| 2011 | — | — | 242 | #870 |
| 2010 | — | — | 219 | #921 |
| 2009 | — | — | 241 | #876 |
| 2008 | — | — | 223 | #918 |
| 2007 | — | — | 215 | #921 |
| 2006 | 5 | #18,179 | 225 | #877 |
| 2005 | — | — | 157 | #1,056 |
| 2004 | — | — | 165 | #1,002 |
| 2003 | — | — | 147 | #1,057 |
| 2002 | — | — | 148 | #1,035 |
| 2001 | — | — | 137 | #1,058 |
| 2000 | — | — | 127 | #1,110 |
| 1999 | — | — | 99 | #1,254 |
| 1998 | — | — | 84 | #1,384 |
| 1997 | — | — | 64 | #1,585 |
| 1996 | — | — | 61 | #1,604 |
| 1995 | — | — | 43 | #1,964 |
| 1994 | — | — | 40 | #2,059 |
| 1993 | — | — | 32 | #2,368 |
| 1992 | — | — | 30 | #2,428 |
| 1991 | — | — | 28 | #2,495 |
| 1990 | — | — | 20 | #3,105 |
| 1989 | — | — | 27 | #2,432 |
| 1988 | — | — | 11 | #4,286 |
| 1987 | — | — | 15 | #3,258 |
| 1986 | — | — | 13 | #3,522 |
| 1985 | — | — | 11 | #3,900 |
| 1984 | — | — | 14 | #3,166 |
| 1983 | — | — | 11 | #3,720 |
| 1982 | — | — | 13 | #3,373 |
| 1981 | — | — | 16 | #2,821 |
| 1980 | — | — | 21 | #2,397 |
| 1979 | — | — | 22 | #2,267 |
| 1978 | — | — | 22 | #2,152 |
| 1977 | — | — | 11 | #3,467 |
| 1976 | — | — | 14 | #2,874 |
| 1975 | — | — | 17 | #2,485 |
| 1974 | — | — | 9 | #3,673 |
| 1973 | — | — | 8 | #3,837 |
| 1972 | — | — | 24 | #1,843 |
| 1971 | — | — | 15 | #2,495 |
| 1970 | — | — | 11 | #2,967 |
| 1969 | — | — | 16 | #2,175 |
| 1968 | — | — | 9 | #2,983 |
| 1967 | — | — | 11 | #2,535 |
| 1966 | — | — | 14 | #2,173 |
| 1965 | — | — | 14 | #2,214 |
| 1964 | — | — | 12 | #2,471 |
| 1963 | — | — | 18 | #1,924 |
| 1962 | — | — | 17 | #1,996 |
| 1961 | — | — | 18 | #1,974 |
| 1960 | — | — | 14 | #2,260 |
| 1959 | — | — | 27 | #1,539 |
| 1958 | — | — | 15 | #2,126 |
| 1957 | — | — | 23 | #1,695 |
| 1956 | — | — | 16 | #2,042 |
| 1955 | — | — | 22 | #1,658 |
| 1954 | — | — | 37 | #1,233 |
| 1953 | — | — | 20 | #1,736 |
| 1952 | — | — | 28 | #1,443 |
| 1951 | — | — | 35 | #1,251 |
| 1950 | — | — | 31 | #1,300 |
| 1949 | — | — | 37 | #1,171 |
| 1948 | — | — | 34 | #1,239 |
| 1947 | — | — | 31 | #1,329 |
| 1946 | — | — | 28 | #1,341 |
| 1945 | — | — | 33 | #1,148 |
| 1944 | — | — | 28 | #1,269 |
| 1943 | — | — | 29 | #1,292 |
| 1942 | — | — | 26 | #1,371 |
| 1941 | — | — | 18 | #1,658 |
| 1940 | — | — | 22 | #1,450 |
| 1939 | — | — | 24 | #1,374 |
| 1938 | — | — | 29 | #1,232 |
| 1937 | — | — | 31 | #1,196 |
| 1936 | — | — | 25 | #1,342 |
| 1935 | — | — | 32 | #1,178 |
| 1934 | — | — | 22 | #1,479 |
| 1933 | — | — | 24 | #1,380 |
| 1932 | — | — | 34 | #1,163 |
| 1931 | — | — | 25 | #1,409 |
| 1930 | — | — | 32 | #1,267 |
| 1929 | — | — | 42 | #1,064 |
| 1928 | — | — | 28 | #1,399 |
| 1927 | — | — | 37 | #1,187 |
| 1926 | — | — | 32 | #1,285 |
| 1925 | — | — | 37 | #1,173 |
| 1924 | — | — | 44 | #1,080 |
| 1923 | — | — | 51 | #966 |
| 1922 | — | — | 42 | #1,094 |
| 1921 | — | — | 35 | #1,242 |
| 1920 | — | — | 47 | #1,009 |
| 1919 | — | — | 44 | #1,027 |
| 1918 | — | — | 52 | #923 |
| 1917 | — | — | 46 | #949 |
| 1916 | — | — | 24 | #1,443 |
| 1915 | — | — | 32 | #1,151 |
| 1914 | — | — | 42 | #827 |
| 1913 | — | — | 29 | #921 |
| 1912 | — | — | 29 | #825 |
| 1911 | — | — | 16 | #847 |
| 1910 | — | — | 14 | #840 |
| 1909 | — | — | 11 | #920 |
| 1908 | — | — | 10 | #911 |
| 1907 | — | — | 18 | #605 |
| 1906 | — | — | 11 | #783 |
| 1905 | — | — | 12 | #724 |
| 1904 | — | — | 13 | #664 |
| 1903 | — | — | 5 | #1,202 |
| 1902 | — | — | 12 | #668 |
| 1900 | — | — | 20 | #542 |
| 1899 | — | — | 12 | #597 |
| 1898 | — | — | 13 | #618 |
| 1897 | — | — | 15 | #529 |
| 1896 | — | — | 13 | #608 |
| 1895 | — | — | 16 | #514 |
| 1894 | — | — | 9 | #758 |
| 1893 | — | — | 12 | #589 |
| 1892 | — | — | 13 | #585 |
| 1891 | — | — | 17 | #435 |
| 1890 | — | — | 6 | #938 |
| 1889 | — | — | 16 | #473 |
| 1888 | — | — | 9 | #720 |
| 1887 | — | — | 13 | #499 |
| 1886 | — | — | 7 | #800 |
| 1885 | — | — | 9 | #670 |
| 1884 | — | — | 9 | #679 |
| 1883 | — | — | 15 | #470 |
| 1882 | — | — | 7 | #794 |
| 1881 | — | — | 12 | #518 |
| 1880 | — | — | 11 | #588 |
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).