Ezekiel

Ezekiel was the #61 boys' name in the US in 2025 (5,091 babies), and #208 in England & Wales and #107 in Canada.

Ezekiel as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Ezekiel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaIrelandEngland & WalesScotland
Ezekiel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#61 (5,091)#208 (242)#560 (5)—#198 (24)#107 (285)
2024#54 (5,420)#233 (209)#404 (8)#305 (5)#327 (12)#120 (260)
2023#50 (5,611)#235 (205)—#272 (6)#343 (11)#116 (265)
2022#48 (6,053)#249 (189)#703 (3)#285 (6)#380 (10)#139 (244)
2021#53 (5,848)#244 (198)—#266 (7)#414 (8)#133 (270)
2020#64 (5,091)#298 (154)#476 (6)#334 (4)#556 (5)#161 (226)
2019#71 (4,936)#286 (168)—#418 (3)#646 (4)#177 (210)
2018#87 (4,366)#333 (138)#516 (5)#416 (3)—#183 (210)
2017#82 (4,777)#330 (146)—#279 (6)—#163 (227)
2016#120 (3,404)#394 (112)———#256 (140)
2015#146 (2,812)#399 (106)#686 (3)—#615 (4)#247 (144)
2014#180 (2,383)#402 (101)#680 (3)—#609 (4)#290 (118)
2013#186 (2,198)#440 (91)——#711 (3)#279 (118)
2012#196 (1,939)#415 (96)#669 (3)—#616 (4)#324 (95)
2011#195 (1,871)#501 (72)#648 (3)—#730 (3)#327 (94)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2022 at #48.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 340 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 3. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 340common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 990common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 560common

Next year

On its recent trend, Ezekiel is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 340 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 320 to 1 in 360.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ezekiel by state, 2025Alaska: #46AKMaine: #139MEWisconsin: #80WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #157NHWashington: #57WAIdaho: #58IDMontana: #109MTNorth Dakota: #36NDMinnesota: #113MNIllinois: #70ILMichigan: #74MINew York: #139NYMassachusetts: #135MAOregon: #38ORNevada: #15NVWyoming: #47WYSouth Dakota: #145SDIowa: #69IAIndiana: #77INOhio: #95OHPennsylvania: #119PANew Jersey: #141NJConnecticut: #132CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #20CAUtah: #110UTColorado: #42CONebraska: #93NEMissouri: #68MOKentucky: #102KYWest Virginia: #74WVVirginia: #89VAMaryland: #93MDDelaware: #68DEArizona: #13AZNew Mexico: #8NMKansas: #63KSArkansas: #65ARTennessee: #76TNNorth Carolina: #91NCSouth Carolina: #89SCDistrict of Columbia: #97DCOklahoma: #52OKLouisiana: #162LAMississippi: #157MSAlabama: #99ALGeorgia: #110GAHawaii: #6HITexas: #37TXFlorida: #76FL
Ezekiel (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#11560
Ontario2024#13497

Ezekiel (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
EzekielCanadaBoys#107285
EzekielEngland & WalesBoys#208242
EzekielIrelandBoys#19824
EzekielNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
EzekielScotlandBoys#5605
EzekielUSGirls#11,9327
EzekielUSBoys#615,091