Ezekiel

Meaning: God strengthens
Origin: From Hebrew via Greek

Nicknames: Zeke, Zekiel

Boy's name · #61 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Ezekiel is near its high-water mark: it reached #48 in 2022 and still ranked #61 in 2025. About 84,000 boys have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

See where Ezekiel is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 50 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

Ezekiel is especially popular in Philippines.

#3 in Philippines (2024) · #40 in New Zealand (2025) · #85 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #201 in Ireland (2025) · #208 in England & Wales (2025) · #216 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #400 in France (2025) · #498 in Sweden (2025) · #540 in Belgium (2025) · #593 in Scotland (2025) · #831 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,075 in Ecuador (2025) and 2 more.

Famous Ezekiels

Ezekiel Kemboi — Kenyan runner
Ezekiel Jackson — Guyanese professional wrestler and bodybuilder
Ezekiel Alebua — Prime Minister of the Solomon Islands (1947–2022)
Ezekiel Elliott — American football player (born 1995)
Ezekiel the Tragedian — Jewish dramatist who wrote in Alexandria, Egypt circa 3rd century BCE

In stories & tradition

Ezekiel — Ezekiel (Bible)
Ezekiel Zick — Monster Allergy (comics)
Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins — Devil in a Blue Dress (book)

What Ezekiels become

Among 139 notable people named Ezekiel:

Lawyers & judges appear 2.68× more often than among typical names — e.g. Ezekiel B. Turner, American judge (1825–1888).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Ezequiel (#348), Ezekiel would rank around #45 with about 6,000 births last year — the newborns split about 84/16 between Ezekiel and Ezequiel.

About 400 boys a year are given Zeke as their full name.

Similar names: Hezekiah · Axel · Ezra · Jude · Elliot · Adriel

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