Hezekiah

boys’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Hezekiah is ranked 490th among boys in 2024 (626 births). Its best rank was 435th, in 1891.

Rank in 2024: #490up 43 from 2023
Births in 2024: 6260.04% of boys
Peak year: 2024626 births
Best rank: #435in 1891
Since 1880: 10,583people given the name

Babies named Hezekiah, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

10,583 boys have been named Hezekiah in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 626 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2012, and the 2010s alone account for 31%. It has spent 55 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Hezekiah
1880s	108
1890s	126
1900s	112
1910s	328
1920s	395
1930s	278
1940s	286
1950s	254
1960s	143
1970s	153
1980s	152
1990s	501
2000s	1,785
2010s	3,318
2020s	2,644

In 2024, its biggest year

Hezekiah was the 490th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Hezekiah

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.