Hezekiah

What Hezekiah means

Means “Yahu is My Strength”

Variant of earlier Ezekias under influence from Biblical Hebrew חִזְקִיָּה (Ḥizqiyáhu, “Yahu is My Strength”), from Latin Ezechias, from Koine Greek Ἐζεκίας (Ezekías), from the Hebrew name.

Source: Wiktionary, “Hezekiah” (revision 93431003), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Hezekiah?

US: Rising: up from #673 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1902 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 631 boys got the name (#489 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 2,751 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 7,350 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 HI (6.17 per 1,000 boys), NM (1.23 per 1,000 boys), OK (1.07 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Hezekiah is #485 in the US and #856 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.2% of US babies named Hezekiah 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

• Hezakiah9 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.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Ezekias

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Hezekiah

Boys

• Josias#950Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1975, with 5 babies
• Isaias#426Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #426 vs #3,256 in 2025
• Asa#483“physician, doctor, healer”^*
• Ezekiel#61“God strengthens”^*
• Azariah#472“Yah Has Helped”^*
• Avi#832“father”^*

For a sister

• Lilith#277Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #586 in 2015, #277 in 2025
• Naomi#47“my pleasantness”^*
• Selah#216“to hang”^*
• Ezra#833Editor’s note Up from #1,199 in 2015 to #833 in 2025 in the US
• Keziah#766Variant of Kezia, meaning “cassia tree”^*
• Eliza#115Editor’s note Up from #175 in 2015 to #115 in 2025 in the US

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 Hezekiah’s. Rank is US 2025.