Ezekial
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ih-ZEE-kee-ul
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #3,657 for boys
Ezekial is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God strengthens”. In 2025 it ranked 3,657th for boys in the US (30 babies).
What does Ezekial mean?
Hebrew: variant spelling of Ezekiel
“God strengthens”
Ezekiel was a prophet of the Babylonian exile, known for his vision of the valley of dry bones.
Is Ezekial a girl's or a boy's name?
Ezekial is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 30 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ezekial in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,657among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 30about 1 in 57,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 30 boys in the US were named Ezekial, making it the 3,657th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,545th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 64 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
2025 had fewer boys named Ezekial than any year since 2002.
Half of all the boys named Ezekial in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 59 boys in the US were given Ezekial or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,987, up from #3,657 for this spelling alone.
- Ezekial 30
- Izekiel 29
Ezekial in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #3,657 |
| 2024 | 36 | #3,270 |
| 2023 | 36 | #3,291 |
| 2022 | 40 | #3,051 |
| 2021 | 59 | #2,320 |
| 2020 | 50 | #2,545 |
| 2019 | 40 | #2,991 |
| 2018 | 41 | #2,892 |
| 2017 | 46 | #2,671 |
| 2016 | 34 | #3,292 |
| 2015 | 36 | #3,148 |
| 2014 | 42 | #2,803 |
| 2013 | 46 | #2,592 |
| 2012 | 43 | #2,771 |
| 2011 | 64 | #2,076 |
| 2010 | 51 | #2,428 |
| 2009 | 52 | #2,450 |
| 2008 | 52 | #2,431 |
| 2007 | 56 | #2,304 |
| 2006 | 37 | #2,978 |
| 2005 | 47 | #2,429 |
| 2004 | 38 | #2,737 |
| 2003 | 43 | #2,424 |
| 2002 | 29 | #3,091 |
| 2001 | 32 | #2,859 |
| 2000 | 49 | #2,045 |
| 1999 | 27 | #3,027 |
| 1998 | 19 | #3,704 |
| 1997 | 24 | #3,059 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 20 | #3,052 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 10 | #4,126 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 10 | #3,856 |
| 1980 | 13 | #3,255 |
| 1979 | 11 | #3,567 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 8 | #2,680 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,213 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,515 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,620 |
Nicknames for Ezekial
- Zeke 32 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Ezekial
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ezequiel Eliel Emmanuel Azariah Elijah Abdiel Ibrahim Adriel Elias Azael Ezra Azriel
Other spellings of Ezekial
Names related to Ezekial
More Hebrew names
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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, “Ezekial: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ezekial, updated 20 October 2026.