Ezechiel
Ezekiel, also spelled Ezechiel, was an Israelite priest. The Book of Ezekiel, relating his visions and acts, is named after him.
- Biblical Latin
Meaning & Origin of Ezechiel
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ezekiel, also spelled Ezechiel, was an Israelite priest. The Book of Ezekiel, relating his visions and acts, is named after him.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Biblical Latin
The Story of Ezechiel
American parents first put Ezechiel on the record books as a baby boy name in 1984, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2023, when 13 Ezechiels were born — ranking #6,513 that year. About 36% of every Ezechiel on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Ezechiel last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 12 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 185 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Ezechiel
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Ezechiel. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Hiezechiel
- Hiezecihel
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About the name Ezechiel
Ezechiel is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1984 and has accumulated 185 births in the dataset. Ezechiel's peak popularity came in 2023 when it ranked #6,513. Use the chart and map above to compare Ezechiel's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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