Ezequiel

What Ezequiel means

Spanish and Portuguese form of Ezekiel, meaning “God strengthens”

a male given name from Hebrew, equivalent to English Ezekiel || From Koine Greek Ἰεζεκιήλ (Iezekiḗl), from Biblical Hebrew יְחֶזְקֵאל (Y'ḥezqēl, “God strengthens”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Ezequiel” (revision 93542269) and “Ezekiel” (revision 93743852), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Ezequiel?

US: Rising: up from #575 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #4747 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 1,023 boys got the name (#338 that year). First in the US records in 1912.

How common

• About 1 in 1,811 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 38,848 baby boys in England and Wales 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 NM (1.54 per 1,000 boys), CA (1.4 per 1,000 boys), AZ (1.38 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Ezequiel is #348 in the US and #2952 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 Ezequiel were boys.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Ezekiel5,091 US · 242 E&W
• Esequiel14 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 Ezequiel

Boys

• Kairo#226Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1995, with 6 babies
• Callum#118Variant of Calum, meaning “dove”^*
• River#111From the word “river”^*
• Emilio#154Spanish and Italian, meaning “rival”^*
• Walker#78Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #340 in 2015, #78 in 2025
• Jaziel#198Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #934 in 2015, #198 in 2025

For a sister

• Maeve#76“intoxicating”^*
• Josie#82Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #250 in 2015, #82 in 2025
• Noa#226Hawaiian, meaning “commoner, free man”^*
• Ivy#39From the word “ivy”^*
• Amara#98“eternal”^*
• Sage#160“sedge”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Ezequiel’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.