Jezebel
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JEZ-uh-bel
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Jezebel is a girls' name, meaning “where is the prince?”. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Jezebel mean?
Phoenician, via the Hebrew Bible (Izevel)
“where is the prince?”
In the Books of Kings, Jezebel is the Phoenician princess who married King Ahab of Israel and promoted the worship of Baal.
Is Jezebel a girl's or a boy's name?
Jezebel is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jezebel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Jezebel, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 47 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the girls named Jezebel in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jezebel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 21 | #5,790 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 23 | #5,450 |
| 2017 | 27 | #4,920 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,129 |
| 2015 | 24 | #5,456 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,308 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,642 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 32 | #4,465 |
| 2010 | 36 | #4,106 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 33 | #4,549 |
| 2007 | 47 | #3,481 |
| 2006 | 32 | #4,462 |
| 2005 | 30 | #4,483 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,204 |
| 2003 | 27 | #4,663 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 29 | #4,205 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
Nicknames for Jezebel
- Jez
- Bel
Names like Jezebel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Itzel Journey Addison Madison Abigail Jordyn Camila Emerson Sophia Genesis Jazlyn Avery
Names related to Jezebel
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, “Jezebel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jezebel, updated 20 October 2026.