first name
EZEKIEL
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 40,784 people named Ezekiel, 36.4% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 35.6% as White and 15.1% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Ezekiel peaked in 2022, when 6,058 babies got the name.
At least 83,657 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Ezekiel by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #91. The largest share of babies named Ezekiel, 69.4%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Ezekiel is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ezekiel has been most common in Hawaii (3.9×), Nevada (3.7×), and New Mexico (3.2×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.22×).
79,689 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Ezekiel
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ezekiel, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Ezekiel ranks #26,016 of 156,621, with 990 people. See Ezekiel as a last name
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