Ezekiel

What Ezekiel means

Means “God strengthens”

From Koine Greek Ἰεζεκιήλ (Iezekiḗl), from Biblical Hebrew יְחֶזְקֵאל (Y'ḥezqēl, “God strengthens”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Ezekiel” (revision 93743852), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Ezekiel?

US: Rising: up from #146 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #399 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2022, when 6,053 boys got the name (#48 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 336 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,124 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,928 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in HI (13.71 per 1,000 boys), NM (10.15 per 1,000 boys), WY (8.26 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Ezekiel is #61 in the US and #208 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9% of US babies named Ezekiel were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Ezequiel943 US · 7 E&W
• Azekiel48 US
• Ezekial30 US
• Izekiel29 US
• Ezykiel7 US
• Ezikiel7 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Ezekiel

Boys

• Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”^*
• Ezra#20Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #93 in 2015, #20 in 2025. Short and simple: 4 letters
• Asa#483“physician, doctor, healer”^*
• Eden#544possibly “steppe, garden”^*
• Zev#864“wolf”^*
• Asher#28Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #28 vs #150 in 2025

For a sister

• Eliza#115Editor’s note Up from #175 in 2015 to #115 in 2025 in the US
• Ezra#833Editor’s note Up from #1,199 in 2015 to #833 in 2025 in the US
• Zara#212“flower”^*
• Rivka#628Same root as Rebecca, meaning “enchantingly beautiful, captivating…^*
• Naomi#47“my pleasantness”^*
• Eliana#10Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #10 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Bible, Hebrew, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Ezekiel’s. Rank is US 2025.