Yecheskel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- yeh-KHES-kel
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Yecheskel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God strengthens”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Yecheskel mean?
Hebrew: Ashkenazi spelling of Yechezkel (Ezekiel)
“God strengthens”
The Hebrew form of Ezekiel, the prophet known for his vision of the valley of dry bones.
Is Yecheskel a girl's or a boy's name?
Yecheskel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yecheskel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Yecheskel, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
2025 had fewer boys named Yecheskel than any year since 2002.
Half of all the boys named Yecheskel in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yecheskel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 14 | #6,194 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 22 | #4,490 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 16 | #5,475 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 9 | #4,151 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
Nicknames for Yecheskel
- Chezky
Names like Yecheskel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Axel, Adriel, Eliel, Azriel, Jaziel, Aziel, Yisroel, Josiah, Thiago, Oziel, Ezekiel, Mateo
Names related to Yecheskel
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, “Yecheskel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yecheskel, updated 20 October 2026.