Yechezkel
Masculine · “God will strengthen”
Yechezkel is the Hebrew form of Ezekiel, and the name is a sentence about being made strong — which the prophet needed, given what he was asked to do.
How old is the name Yechezkel?
Yechezkel first appears in US birth records in 1976 — 49 years ago. The typical Yechezkel alive today was born around 2009, making them about 16 years old. About 900 people named Yechezkel are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Yechezkel most popular?
Yechezkel peaked in 2020, reaching #3025 nationally. Today it ranks #3949, 924 places below that high. See the whole 2020 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Yechezkel
Ezekiel prophesied among the exiles in Babylon and his book contains the strangest visions in the Hebrew Bible — the wheels within wheels, the valley of dry bones, the measured temple — and instructions to perform a series of physically punishing public signs. Yechezkel is the Hebrew form and is used in observant communities; it appears in American records chiefly in Orthodox and Hasidic families.
Meaning
God will strengthen
From Hebrew chazak, to be strong, with a form of the divine name; the same verb gives the word said at the end of a book of Torah, and the name is a statement rather than a description.
Pronouncing Yechezkel
yeh-KHEZ-kel
Three syllables with the stress in the middle; the ch is a throat sound as in loch.
Nicknames for Yechezkel
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
- 1976
- Most boys named
- 202038 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3025reached in 2020
- Change vs 2024
- −12.9%27 in 2025, from 31
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.
Yechezkel in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Yechezkel in Hebrew — same name
- Ezekiel in English — same name
- Hizqil in Arabic — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: New Jersey, New York.
Yechezkels among us
people named Yechezkel are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 63,262 born in 2025 was named Yechezkel
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Yechezkel
- #3949
- Yechezkel on the 2025 chart
- #896
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Yechezkel went to 27 boys in 2025, but Yecheskel is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 32, which makes it the 896th most-given boys’ name of the year — 3,053 places above the chart.
- Yechezkel27
- Yecheskel5
About 1 boy in 53,377 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 63,262 for Yechezkel itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Conroy test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Yechezkel's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Conroy climbed just as high around 1957, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Conroy's path sketches the road Yechezkel is walking now.
Yechezkel 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 Yechezkel is headed
Yechezkel should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low 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.
Yechezkel beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Yechezkel in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning that forms a complete sentence.
- Chezky and Zeke are both ready short forms in two communities.
- A prophet whose book is genuinely unlike anything else in the Bible.
- The ch is a throat consonant English lacks and gets flattened.
- Nine letters and three syllables is a great deal for early handwriting.
- Ezekiel is the English form and will be assumed by most Americans.
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Frequently asked
- How many Yechezkels are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Yechezkel are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Yechezkel?
- Yechezkel is the most-used spelling in US records — 27 of the 32 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Yecheskel.
- How popular is the name Yechezkel in 2025?
- Yechezkel ranks #3949 among US boy names in 2025, with 27 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Yechezkel?
- About 1 in every 63,262 US boys born in 2025 was named Yechezkel — 27 in all.
- Will my child share the name Yechezkel with classmates?
- Yechezkel will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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