Betzalel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- bets-AL-el
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #4,706 for boys
Betzalel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “in the shadow of God”. In 2025 it ranked 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Betzalel mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew form of Bezalel
“in the shadow of God”
In Exodus, Bezalel is the master craftsman chosen to build the Tabernacle and the Ark of the Covenant.
Is Betzalel a girl's or a boy's name?
Betzalel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Betzalel in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 7 boys.
Betzalel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
How popular is Betzalel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,706th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Betzalel, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1982.
Half of all the boys named Betzalel in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Betzalel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,109 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 22 | #4,422 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
Names like Betzalel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Axel, Elijah, Matteo, Elias, Tobias, Noah, Adriel, Gabriel, Abel, Asher, Isaiah, Jude
More Hebrew names
Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Mateo, Elsie, Levi, Eliana
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Betzalel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/betzalel, updated 20 October 2026.