Ezequiel
Meaning
Spanish variant of Ezekiel, "God strengthens"
The story
Ezequiel is the Spanish spelling of Ezekiel, God strengthens, the prophet of the valley of dry bones, and its record is the staircase family's latest member: higher every decade from the 1930s through the 2010s, eight consecutive rises, about 130 becoming 5,600, with 5,800 already so far this decade, past the full 2010s with years to run. One figure is absolute: across the entire record, not one girl, 20,800 boys to zero. It joins the prophet register these batches have assembled, Gideon's lamps, Ismael's ten rises, Jaziel's single verse, Old Testament names carried up the same patient stairs by Latino families. The dry bones stood up and lived; the name, on the ledger's own patient evidence, never once needed the reminder to keep climbing.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Ezequiel peaked in the 2020s.
Popularity in Brazil
83,283 people · the #367 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 2,439 · median age 23
Among people named Ezequiel living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 8,345 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Ezequiel
Most people given the name Ezequiel in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Ezequiel deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Ezequiel truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Ezequiel fits with your family’s names and surname.
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