Ezaiah
A name of Hebrew origin meaning "God strengthens" or "God is strong".
Name Census estimates that about 113 living Americans carry the first name Ezaiah. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Ezaiah today is around 8 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Ezaiah births was 2024 (17 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Ezaiah. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
113
~ 1 in 3,033,224 Americans
Peak year
2024
17 babies that year
Average age
8
years old
2024 SSA rank
#5,497
Tracked since 2007
Popularity
Ezaiah: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Ezaiah from the 2000s through to the 2020s, spanning 3 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 55 total registrations. The name continues to be given at rates close to its all-time high, suggesting it has not yet fallen out of fashion.
Babies born per year
Decades
Ezaiah by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Ezaiah during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Origin
Meaning and history of Ezaiah
The given name Ezaiah is of Hebrew origin and can be traced back to ancient times. It is a variant spelling of the more common Biblical name Ezekiel, which means "God strengthens" or "God will strengthen" in Hebrew.
Ezaiah is derived from the Hebrew elements "ez" meaning "strength" and "Yah" which is a shortened form of the name of the Hebrew God, Yahweh or Jehovah. The name Ezekiel appears in the Old Testament of the Bible as the name of a prominent prophet who lived during the Babylonian exile in the 6th century BC.
The earliest recorded use of the spelling Ezaiah dates back to the late 17th century, when it was used as a variant of Ezekiel among some English Puritans. One of the earliest known individuals with this name was Ezaiah Holden, an English Puritan minister born in 1657 in Lancashire, England.
In the 19th century, the name Ezaiah gained some popularity among certain Christian communities, particularly in the United States. One notable bearer of the name was Ezaiah Booker (1825-1907), an African American preacher and educator from Virginia who founded several schools for freed slaves after the American Civil War.
Another historical figure with this name was Ezaiah Titus (1847-1920), a Canadian politician and farmer who served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1890 to 1900.
In the early 20th century, Ezaiah Hurlburt (1870-1952) was an American businessman and politician who served as the mayor of Salt Lake City, Utah from 1916 to 1920.
One of the most well-known individuals named Ezaiah in recent times was Ezaiah Booker (1936-2018), an American civil rights activist and community leader from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania who played a significant role in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.
People
Ezaiah + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Ezaiah as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with E
Other first names starting with E with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Ezaiah: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Ezaiah?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 113 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Ezaiah going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 3,033,224 US residents.
Is Ezaiah a common name?
We classify Ezaiah as "Very Rare". It ranks above 66.3% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 114 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Ezaiah most popular?
The single biggest year for Ezaiah was 2024, when 17 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Ezaiah is about 8 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Ezaiah in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Ezaiah a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Ezaiah in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Ezaiah still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Ezaiah in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Ezaiah can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only covers names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files do not have a published Census demographic snapshot. In those cases, the page still shows the SSA trend, gender history, and state data.
How common is the name Ezaiah?
For a quick modern estimate, our sister site HowManyOfMe.org answers that in one glance, with the living-bearer count front and centre.