Ezequiel
Masculine · “God strengthens”
Ezequiel is the Spanish and Portuguese form of a name carried out of the Hebrew Bible: Yeḥezqel, the prophet of the valley of dry bones and the wheels within wheels, who wrote in Babylonian exile in the sixth century BCE. It has four syllables that move quickly, ending on the bright -ell, and it has been said in Spanish for centuries without ever needing to change shape.
How old is the name Ezequiel?
Ezequiel first appears in US birth records in 1912 — 113 years ago. The typical Ezequiel alive today was born around 2011, making them about 14 years old. About 20,000 people named Ezequiel are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Ezequiel most popular?
Ezequiel peaked in 2022, reaching #335 nationally. Today it ranks #348, 13 places below that high. See the whole 2022 chart.
Where it comes from
From Yeḥezqel to Ezequiel
The story of Ezequiel
The name belongs first to the prophet Ezekiel, a priest deported to Babylon in the sixth century BCE, whose book sits among the major prophets in the Hebrew Bible. Greek translators wrote it Iezekiēl, Latin turned that into Ezechiel, and Spanish reshaped the ending sound with qu to give Ezequiel. Spanish and Portuguese speakers have used it steadily ever since, and it traveled to the Americas with them — it is thoroughly at home in Argentina, Mexico and Brazil. In the United States it has been on record for well over a century, arriving through Spanish-speaking families rather than through the English Ezekiel, which took a separate road from the same source.
Meaning
God strengthens
From Hebrew Yeḥezqel, combining the verb ḥazaq, 'to be strong', with El, 'God'. Sometimes rendered 'God will strengthen'.
How the name formed
- Yeḥezqel
- Iezekiēl
- Ezechiel
- Ezequiel
Related forms: Ezekiel · Yechezkel · Ezequiel · Ezechiele · Ézéchiel · Ezechiel
Pronouncing Ezequiel
eh-seh-KYEL
That is the Spanish pronunciation, stress on the last syllable; in Spain the z is a soft th, eh-theh-KYEL. English speakers who meet the written name often say eh-zeh-KEE-el, matching Ezekiel. Both are in real use, and the family usually sets which one sticks.
Nicknames for Ezequiel
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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
- 1912
- Most boys named
- 2023991 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #335reached in 2022
- Change vs 2023
- −4.8%943 in 2025, from 991
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.
Ezequiel in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Ezekiel in English — same name
- Yechezkel in Hebrew — transliteration
- Ezequiel in Portuguese — same name
- Ezechiele in Italian — same name
- Ézéchiel in French — same name
- Ezechiel in Polish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Ezequiels among us
people named Ezequiel are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 1,811 born in 2025 was named Ezequiel
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 Gerry test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Ezequiel's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Gerry climbed just as high around 1942, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Gerry's path sketches the road Ezequiel is walking now.
Ezequiel sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Ezequiel is headed
Ezequiel should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
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.
Ezequiel beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Ezequiel in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Works in Spanish, Portuguese and English without respelling — the same letters serve in all three.
- A documented record stretching back to a sixth-century-BCE biblical prophet, and continuous use in Spanish ever since.
- Two well-established short forms already in circulation: Eze in Spanish, Zeke in English.
- Familiar in the United States for over a century, with a steady presence rather than a fashion spike.
- The qu will be typed as a k by people who know Ezekiel first, and the two spellings will be confused for life. A quick correction handles it, but it will be a frequent one.
- Two live pronunciations, Spanish and anglicized, mean he may hear his name said two different ways in the same week — at home one way, at school another.
- Four syllables with the stress at the end is a lot of name for a roll call, which is part of why the short forms do so much work.
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Frequently asked
- How many Ezequiels are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 20,000 people named Ezequiel are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Ezequiel in 2025?
- Ezequiel ranks #348 among US boy names in 2025, with 943 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Ezequiel?
- About 1 in every 1,811 US boys born in 2025 was named Ezequiel — 943 in all.
- Will my child share the name Ezequiel with classmates?
- Ezequiel will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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