Ezekiah
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ez-uh-KY-uh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,990 for boys
Ezekiah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God strengthens”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 2,990th for boys in the US (41 babies).
What does Ezekiah mean?
Hebrew: blend of Ezekiel and Hezekiah
“God strengthens”
Blend of Ezekiel and Hezekiah, two biblical names that both mean God strengthens.
Is Ezekiah a girl's or a boy's name?
Ezekiah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 41 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ezekiah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Ezekiah, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2019, with 4 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Ezekiah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
How popular is Ezekiah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,990among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 41about 1 in 42,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 138% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 41 boys in the US were named Ezekiah, making it the 2,990th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. It first appears in the records in 2003.
2025 had the most boys named Ezekiah of any year since it first appeared, in 2003.
Half of all the boys named Ezekiah in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ezekiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | #2,990 |
| 2024 | 25 | #4,197 |
| 2023 | 27 | #3,999 |
| 2022 | 26 | #4,086 |
| 2021 | 22 | #4,490 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
Nicknames for Ezekiah
- Zeke 32 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Ezekiah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Zakariya Eesa Muhammad Azariah Ibrahim Zayd Zakariyya Ayyub Zayaan Abdullah Zayan
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
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, “Ezekiah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ezekiah, updated 20 October 2026.