# Ezekiel (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ezekiel/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “god strengthens” |
| Pronunciation | /ɪˈziːkiəl/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Zeke |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 83,657 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 83,605 / 52 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,777, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 7 | 13,632 |
| 2015 | 5 | 17,312 |
| 2016 | 6 | 14,929 |
| 2017 | 8 | 11,994 |
| 2020 | 6 | 13,995 |
| 2021 | 8 | 11,446 |
| 2022 | 5 | 16,090 |
| 2025 | 7 | 12,316 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,871 | 195 |
| 2012 | 1,939 | 196 |
| 2013 | 2,198 | 186 |
| 2014 | 2,383 | 180 |
| 2015 | 2,812 | 146 |
| 2016 | 3,404 | 120 |
| 2017 | 4,777 | 82 |
| 2018 | 4,366 | 87 |
| 2019 | 4,936 | 71 |
| 2020 | 5,091 | 64 |
| 2021 | 5,848 | 53 |
| 2022 | 6,053 | 48 |
| 2023 | 5,611 | 50 |
| 2024 | 5,420 | 54 |
| 2025 | 5,091 | 61 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 72 | 501 |
| 2012 | 96 | 415 |
| 2013 | 91 | 440 |
| 2014 | 101 | 402 |
| 2015 | 106 | 399 |
| 2016 | 112 | 394 |
| 2017 | 146 | 330 |
| 2018 | 138 | 333 |
| 2019 | 168 | 286 |
| 2020 | 154 | 298 |
| 2021 | 198 | 244 |
| 2022 | 189 | 249 |
| 2023 | 205 | 235 |
| 2024 | 209 | 233 |
| 2025 | 242 | 208 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: حِزْقِيَال
- Czech: Ezechiel
- Danish: Ezekiel
- Dutch: Ezechiël
- Estonian: Hesekiel, Hesekieli raamat
- Finnish: Hesekiel
- French: Ézéchiel
- German: Ezechiel, Hesekiel
- Greek: Ιεζεκιήλ
- Hebrew: יְחֶזְקֵאל
- Hindi: यहेज़क़ेल
- Hungarian: Ezékiel
- Icelandic: Esekíel
- Irish: Eizicéil, Leabhar Eizicéil
- Italian: Ezechiele
- Japanese: エゼキエル, エゼキエル書
- Latin: Ezechiel
- Latvian: Ecēhiēl
- Lithuanian: Ezechielis, Ezechielio knyga
- Norwegian: Esekiel

## People named Ezekiel

- Ezekiel Elliott, American football player (born 1995)
- Ezekiel Emanuel, American physician
- Ezekiel F. Chambers, American politician
- Zeki Fryers, English footballer (born 1992)
- Zeke Nnaji, American basketball player (born 2001)
- Ruru Madrid, Filipino actor (born 1997)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.