Hezekiah
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Meaning
traditionally translated as 'God strengthens'
The story
Hezekiah carries one of the record's great revival arcs. The name is Hebrew, "Yahweh strengthens," and its great bearer was a powerful king of Judah in the 8th and 7th centuries BC, son of Ahaz, thirteenth in that line. American families never quite let go of it: the register shows Hezekiah in every decade since the 1890s, at 395 in the 1920s, holding around 150 through the lean midcentury years. Then the old names came back wearing work boots: 501 in the 1990s, 1,785 in the 2000s, 3,320 in the 2010s, and 3,272 so far this decade. Four syllables that once read as strictly Sunday-best now sit comfortably next to Ezekiel and Josiah on the playground roster, and the meaning still does what it says: this is a name built to hold weight.
How popular is Hezekiah around the world?
In the United States, 3,282 babies were named Hezekiah between 2020 and 2025. In New Zealand, 24 boys named Hezekiah were registered in 2025.
Hezekiah is on the official records of the United States, New Zealand, Canada, England and Wales, Ireland, South Australia and Austria.
United States
1 in 6,600
In the United States, 3,282 babies were named Hezekiah between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Hezekiah peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
New Zealand
1 in 2,400
In New Zealand, 24 boys named Hezekiah were registered in 2025.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time
Canada
1 in 12,000
In Canada, 30 boys named Hezekiah were born in 2024, the 857th most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
England and Wales
1 in 16,000
In England and Wales, 37 boys named Hezekiah were born in 2025, the 856th most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Ireland
1 in 18,000
In Ireland, 3 boys named Hezekiah were born in 2025, the 829th most common name among boys that year.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.
Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names
South Australia
1 in 18,0002017
In South Australia, 1 boy was registered as Hezekiah in 2017.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
Austria
1 in 76,000
In Austria, 1 boy named Hezekiah was born in 2025, ranked 1,842nd among boys that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.
Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Hezekiah
Most people given the name Hezekiah 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 Hezekiah deep dive
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