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Ezekiel
Pronounced /ɪˈziːkiəl/
Rank in 2024
#54
Born in 2024
5,390
Peak year
2022 · #48
Origin
Hebrew
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 5,390 boys were named Ezekiel, about 1 in every 318.
- It peaked in 2022 with 6,043 babies, ranked #48.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 78,441 boys have been named Ezekiel since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Ezekiel per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- 0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0.6Gen Z1997–12
- 2.4Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 903 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Silent: 763 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Boomers: 803 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,098 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Millennials: 3,488 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Gen Z: 18,279 babies, 0.58 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 52,829 babies, 2.43 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Koine Greek Ἰεζεκιήλ (Iezekiḗl), from Biblical Hebrew יְחֶזְקֵאל (Y'ḥezqēl, “God strengthens”).
- A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin. First used by Puritans in the 17th century; rare today.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /ɪˈziːkiəl/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Ezekiel, CC BY-SA 4.0.