Ezequiel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- eh-seh-kee-EL
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #348 for boys
Ezequiel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God strengthens”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 348th for boys in the US (943 babies).
What does Ezequiel mean?
Hebrew: Spanish and Portuguese form of Ezekiel
“God strengthens”
Ezekiel is the Old Testament prophet of the Babylonian exile, famous for his vision of the valley of dry bones.
Is Ezequiel a girl's or a boy's name?
Ezequiel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 943 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ezequiel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,021st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 110% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Ezequiel, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ezequiel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Ezequiel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
How popular is Ezequiel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 348th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 943 about 1 in 1,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 943 boys in the US were named Ezequiel, making it the 348th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 361st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 1,023 boys. It first appears in the records in 1912.
2025 had fewer boys named Ezequiel than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Ezequiel in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ezequiel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 943 | #348 |
| 2024 | 1,023 | #338 |
| 2023 | 991 | #336 |
| 2022 | 1,013 | #335 |
| 2021 | 971 | #336 |
| 2020 | 862 | #361 |
| 2019 | 794 | #394 |
| 2018 | 722 | #425 |
| 2017 | 701 | #443 |
| 2016 | 567 | #521 |
| 2015 | 488 | #575 |
| 2014 | 488 | #571 |
| 2013 | 468 | #564 |
| 2012 | 510 | #517 |
| 2011 | 455 | #558 |
| 2010 | 445 | #571 |
| 2009 | 467 | #566 |
| 2008 | 520 | #522 |
| 2007 | 487 | #528 |
| 2006 | 464 | #546 |
| 2005 | 437 | #549 |
| 2004 | 404 | #563 |
| 2003 | 392 | #568 |
| 2002 | 398 | #558 |
| 2001 | 359 | #574 |
| 2000 | 331 | #596 |
| 1999 | 356 | #560 |
| 1998 | 321 | #590 |
| 1997 | 333 | #565 |
| 1996 | 329 | #560 |
| 1995 | 286 | #604 |
| 1994 | 236 | #671 |
| 1993 | 188 | #761 |
| 1992 | 179 | #779 |
| 1991 | 163 | #805 |
| 1990 | 177 | #760 |
| 1989 | 115 | #948 |
| 1988 | 119 | #868 |
| 1987 | 96 | #960 |
| 1986 | 93 | #946 |
| 1985 | 75 | #1,065 |
| 1984 | 81 | #986 |
| 1983 | 81 | #979 |
| 1982 | 103 | #876 |
| 1981 | 97 | #906 |
| 1980 | 99 | #901 |
| 1979 | 68 | #1,077 |
| 1978 | 63 | #1,099 |
| 1977 | 67 | #1,054 |
| 1976 | 76 | #957 |
| 1975 | 64 | #1,029 |
| 1974 | 48 | #1,198 |
| 1973 | 63 | #1,014 |
| 1972 | 46 | #1,210 |
| 1971 | 42 | #1,289 |
| 1970 | 41 | #1,296 |
| 1969 | 34 | #1,376 |
| 1968 | 24 | #1,613 |
| 1967 | 25 | #1,539 |
| 1966 | 36 | #1,258 |
| 1965 | 28 | #1,455 |
| 1964 | 32 | #1,383 |
| 1963 | 27 | #1,512 |
| 1962 | 25 | #1,587 |
| 1961 | 19 | #1,875 |
| 1960 | 27 | #1,551 |
| 1959 | 20 | #1,805 |
| 1958 | 29 | #1,445 |
| 1957 | 26 | #1,546 |
| 1956 | 30 | #1,417 |
| 1955 | 27 | #1,482 |
| 1954 | 17 | #1,886 |
| 1953 | 30 | #1,377 |
| 1952 | 14 | #2,072 |
| 1951 | 17 | #1,837 |
| 1950 | 12 | #2,206 |
| 1949 | 23 | #1,543 |
| 1948 | 25 | #1,459 |
| 1947 | 16 | #1,915 |
| 1946 | 24 | #1,439 |
| 1945 | 18 | #1,580 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,573 |
| 1943 | 14 | #1,985 |
| 1942 | 22 | #1,496 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,083 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,671 |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,050 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,326 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,639 |
| 1935 | 11 | #2,246 |
| 1934 | 14 | #1,932 |
| 1933 | 12 | #2,093 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,313 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,003 |
| 1930 | 15 | #1,964 |
| 1929 | 16 | #1,933 |
| 1928 | 16 | #1,960 |
| 1927 | 17 | #1,959 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,074 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,088 |
| 1924 | 13 | #2,347 |
| 1923 | 10 | #2,771 |
| 1922 | 23 | #1,591 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,375 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,458 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | 13 | #2,259 |
| 1917 | 8 | #2,955 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,388 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,391 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,543 |
Nicknames for Ezequiel
- Eze 10 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Ezequiel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ezra, Ezekiel, Luca, Elias, Emmanuel, Elijah, Jude, Cruz, Gabriel, Tobias, Axel, Santiago
Other spellings of Ezequiel
Names related to Ezequiel
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, 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, “Ezequiel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ezequiel, updated 20 October 2026.