Ezikiel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- eh-ZEE-kee-el
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Ezikiel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God strengthens”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Ezikiel mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Ezekiel
“God strengthens”
A spelling of Ezekiel, the Old Testament prophet known for his vision of the valley of dry bones.
Is Ezikiel a girl's or a boy's name?
Ezikiel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ezikiel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Ezikiel, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 12 boys. It first appears in the records in 2005.
Half of all the boys named Ezikiel in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ezikiel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
Nicknames for Ezikiel
- Zeke 32 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Ezikiel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ezekiel, Aziel, Eliel, Jaziel, Eliam, Azriel, Haziel, Adriel, Castiel, Ezriel, Azariah, Thiago
Names related to Ezikiel
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Ezikiel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ezikiel, updated 20 October 2026.