Cheskel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KHES-kel
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #3,313 for boys
Cheskel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God strengthens”. In 2025 it ranked 3,313th for boys in the US (35 babies).
What does Cheskel mean?
Hebrew: Yiddish form of Yechezkel (Ezekiel)
“God strengthens”
A Yiddish form of Yechezkel, the Hebrew name of the prophet Ezekiel.
Is Cheskel a girl's or a boy's name?
Cheskel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 35 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cheskel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,313among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 49,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 35 boys in the US were named Cheskel, making it the 3,313th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 38 boys. It first appears in the records in 1958.
Half of all the boys named Cheskel in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cheskel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #3,313 |
| 2024 | 35 | #3,333 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,175 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,180 |
| 2021 | 32 | #3,494 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 27 | #3,896 |
| 2018 | 30 | #3,603 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2016 | 27 | #3,882 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 25 | #4,011 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,392 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,581 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 5 | #6,945 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #4,840 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,933 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 10 | #2,662 |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
Names like Cheskel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Axel Cohen Caleb Abel Adriel Asher Noah Eliel Colter Judah Callum Levi
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Cheskel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cheskel, updated 20 October 2026.