Zedekiah
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #4,856 for boys
Zedekiah is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,856th for boys in the US (20 babies).
What does Zedekiah mean?
Hebrew
A male given name from Hebrew.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Zedekiah a girl's or a boy's name?
Zedekiah is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zedekiah in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2024, with 6 boys.
Zedekiah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
How popular is Zedekiah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,856th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 20 about 1 in 85,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 20 boys in the US were named Zedekiah, making it the 4,856th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,650th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 43 boys. It first appears in the records in 1982.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Zedekiah than any year since 2009.
Half of all the boys named Zedekiah in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zedekiah in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #4,856 |
| 2024 | 29 | #3,791 |
| 2023 | 31 | #3,627 |
| 2022 | 38 | #3,149 |
| 2021 | 33 | #3,424 |
| 2020 | 29 | #3,650 |
| 2019 | 43 | #2,850 |
| 2018 | 39 | #2,992 |
| 2017 | 30 | #3,582 |
| 2016 | 32 | #3,440 |
| 2015 | 30 | #3,590 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,888 |
| 2013 | 27 | #3,751 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 25 | #3,992 |
| 2010 | 33 | #3,307 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,241 |
| 2006 | 17 | #5,068 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
Names like Zedekiah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zakariya, Musa, Ibrahim, Muhammad, Zayd, Abdullah, Azariah, Zakariyya, Zayan, Zayn, Zayaan, Mustafa
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Zedekiah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zedekiah, updated 20 October 2026.