Exodus
Masculine · “the way out”
Exodus is given to both — 639 boys and 93 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Exodus is Greek for the road out — ex and hodos — and the Hebrew name of the book is quite different: These Are The Names.
How old is the name Exodus?
Exodus first appears in US birth records in 1999 — 26 years ago. The typical Exodus is a kid of about 6 — this name's wave is very recent. About 600 people named Exodus are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Exodus most popular?
Exodus peaked in 2025, reaching #1992 nationally. Today it ranks #1992, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From ex hodos to Exodus
The story of Exodus
The book of Exodus tells of the departure from Egypt and the giving of the law, and the Greek title names the journey while the Hebrew names the opening words — Hebrew books are titled by their first line rather than their subject. The name entered American given-name use in the 2000s and appears in the registers in current use.
Meaning
the way out, departure
From the Greek exodos — ex, 'out', and hodos, 'road' or 'way'. The Septuagint gave the book that title; the Hebrew name is Shemot, 'names', from its opening words. Hodos also gives 'method' and 'period'. The Greek is ordinary and the meaning undisputed.
How the name formed
- ex hodos
- exodos
- Exodus
Related forms: Ἔξοδος · Shemot · Éxodo
Pronouncing Exodus
EK-suh-dus
Three syllables, stress on the first. It is a homophone of the ordinary English noun.
Nicknames for Exodus
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1999
- Most boys named
- 202576 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1992reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +40.7%76 in 2025, from 54
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Exodus in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Ἔξοδος in Greek — transliteration
- Shemot in Hebrew — related form
- Éxodo in Spanish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, North Carolina.
Exoduss among us
people named Exodus are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 22,475 born in 2025 was named Exodus
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Gwendolyn test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Exodus's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Gwendolyn climbed just as high around 1937, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Gwendolyn's path sketches the road Exodus is walking now.
Exodus is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Exodus is headed
Exodus looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 20% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Exodus beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Exodus in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That Hebrew books are titled by their opening words is a first-rate fact.
- The road-out etymology is concrete and transparent.
- Three syllables with a front stress, which holds up against a short surname.
- It is an ordinary English noun and the title of a biblical book.
- It reads as strongly and specifically religious.
- It is very new as a given name.
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Masculine · #1992 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Exoduss are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Exodus are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Exodus in 2025?
- Exodus ranks #1992 among US boy names in 2025, with 76 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Exodus?
- About 1 in every 22,475 US boys born in 2025 was named Exodus — 76 in all.
- Will my child share the name Exodus with classmates?
- Exodus will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Exodus
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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