Jezabel
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- heh-sah-BEL
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Jezabel is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “where is the prince”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Jezabel mean?
Hebrew: Spanish form of Jezebel, Hebrew Izevel, of Phoenician origin
“where is the prince”
Spanish form of Jezebel, the Phoenician wife of King Ahab in the biblical Books of Kings.
Is Jezabel a girl's or a boy's name?
Jezabel is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jezabel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Jezabel, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 33 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
2025 had fewer girls named Jezabel than any year since 1988.
Half of all the girls named Jezabel in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jezabel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,025 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 12 | #8,612 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 33 | #4,348 |
| 2013 | 25 | #5,315 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,573 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 32 | #4,493 |
| 2009 | 25 | #5,535 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 30 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
Names like Jezabel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Abigail, Jordyn, Itzel, Ariel, Annalise, Journey, Isabella, Eliana, Mariah, Elliott, Jianna, Aria
Names related to Jezabel
More Hebrew names
Noah, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
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, “Jezabel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jezabel, updated 20 October 2026.