boys:
18.8k births since 1912
#837 (82nd percentile)
overall:
18.8k births since 1912
#1873 (76th percentile)
The name Ezequiel is the #1,873 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 18,836 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 75.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 75.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #837 (81.8% percentile) for all time with 18,836 births since 1912.
Ezequiel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (first recorded for boys in 1912). Birth data for Ezequiel is available in 110 out of the 112 years between 1912 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Ezequiel reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 66.2% percentile (ranked #313) with 541 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 541 births per million (ranked 66.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1987, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Ezequiel is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #318 (65.2% percentile) with 540 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ezequiel".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Ezequiel", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 17 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Ezekiel" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Ezekiel..
Our model has identified 24 different pronunciations for the name Ezequiel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 14.5% confident that Ezequiel is pronounced as eh-ZEH-kee-uhl, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is EH-ZEE-KEE-EHL, at 10.9% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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