Hezakiah

Gender: Boy
Say it: hez-ah-KY-ah
Origin: Hebrew
US rank, 2025: #8,239 for boys

Hezakiah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God strengthens”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).

What does Hezakiah mean?

Hebrew: variant of Hezekiah

“God strengthens”

Hezekiah was a king of Judah praised in the Bible for his religious reforms.

Is Hezakiah a girl's or a boy's name?

Hezakiah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Hezakiah in the US?

Rank in 2025: 8,239th among boys
Babies in 2025: 9 about 1 in 190,000 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, 9 boys in the US were named Hezakiah, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 2001.

Half of all the boys named Hezakiah in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

2001Busiest: 13 in 20242025

Hezakiah in the US, year by year

Year	Boys	Rank
2025	9	#8,239
2024	13	#6,464
2023	7	#9,757
2022	5	#12,322
2021	0	–
2020	6	#10,599
2019	9	#8,209
2018	7	#9,664
2017	6	#10,770
2016	6	#10,739
2015	0	–
2014	5	#12,102
2013	0	–
2012	6	#10,763
2011	0	–
2010	0	–
2009	9	#8,305
2008	6	#11,030
2007	0	–
2006	11	#6,899
2005	0	–
2004	5	#11,348
2003	5	#10,886
2002	8	#7,636
2001	5	#10,548