first name
HEZEKIAH
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 5,084 people named Hezekiah, 50.2% reported their origin as Black, 20% as White and 15% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Hezekiah peaked in 2024, when 631 babies got the name.
At least 11,228 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.
Hezekiah by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #1,091. The largest share of babies named Hezekiah, 52.3%, 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 Hezekiah is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Hezekiah has been most common in Hawaii (7.3×), South Carolina (3.3×), and New Mexico (2.3×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.23×).
7,929 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 Hezekiah
Spelled almost the same
One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Hezekiah, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Hezekiah ranks #121,931 of 156,621, with 149 people. See Hezekiah as a last name
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