Jeziel
A masculine name derived from Hebrew meaning "Whom God makes firm".
Name Census estimates that about 549 living Americans carry the first name Jeziel. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Jeziel today is around 12 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Jeziel births was 2022 (63 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Jeziel. 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
549
~ 1 in 624,325 Americans
Peak year
2022
63 babies that year
Average age
12
years old
2024 SSA rank
#4,353
Tracked since 1990
Census
Jeziel in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 431 people with the first name Jeziel, which placed it at #22,918 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#22,918
National first-name rank
People counted
431
431 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
88.4% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Jeziel
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Jeziel is Hispanic at 88.4%. The next largest groups are White (4.6%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (3.5%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Jeziel described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Jeziel at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino88.4% · 381
- White4.6% · 20
- Asian and Pacific Islander3.5% · 15
- Black or African American2.6% · 11
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.5% · 2
- Two or more races0.5% · 2
Popularity
Jeziel: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Jeziel from the 1990s through to the 2020s, spanning 4 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 220 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
Jeziel 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 Jeziel during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Jeziels live
The SSA's state-level files cover 6 states and territories. New York, New Jersey, California recorded the most babies named Jeziel, while Virginia, Florida, Texas recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 17 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Jeziel
The name Jeziel is a masculine given name that has its origins in the Hebrew language. It is believed to have emerged in ancient times, possibly during the biblical era. The name is derived from the Hebrew words "Yah" and "El," which together mean "God is mighty" or "God's strength."
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Jeziel can be found in the Book of Chronicles, a part of the Hebrew Bible. In 1 Chronicles 12:3, a man named Jeziel is mentioned as being among the warriors who joined David's forces while he was in Ziklag.
During the medieval period, the name Jeziel was associated with several notable Jewish scholars and rabbis. One such individual was Jeziel ben Solomon of Acre, a 13th-century Talmudic scholar and author from the city of Acre (modern-day Israel).
Another prominent figure bearing the name Jeziel was Jeziel ben Yaakov, a 16th-century rabbi and Kabbalist from Safed, a city in the Galilee region of present-day Israel. He is known for his work on the mystical aspects of the Hebrew alphabet.
In the 17th century, Jeziel Delgado was a Spanish-Jewish poet and translator who lived in Amsterdam. He is known for his translations of Spanish literary works into Hebrew.
Moving forward in time, Jeziel Margali was a 19th-century Italian-Jewish scholar and author who wrote extensively on Jewish history and literature. He was born in Mantua, Italy, in 1806 and died in 1869.
Another notable individual with the name Jeziel was Jeziel Jacobson, a Russian-Jewish painter and sculptor active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He was born in 1878 in St. Petersburg, Russia, and is known for his contributions to the Russian avant-garde art movement.
While the name Jeziel has its roots in the Hebrew language and has been used historically within Jewish communities, it has also been adopted by individuals from other cultural and religious backgrounds over time.
People
Jeziel + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Jeziel as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with J
Other first names starting with J with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Jeziel: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Jeziel?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 549 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Jeziel 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 624,325 US residents.
Is Jeziel a common name?
We classify Jeziel as "Very Rare". It ranks above 85.4% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 554 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Jeziel most popular?
The single biggest year for Jeziel was 2022, when 63 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Jeziel is about 12 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Jeziel in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 431 people with the name Jeziel, or 0.14 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #22,918 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Jeziel in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Jeziel?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Jeziel leans strongly male. 399 people counted with this name were male (92.1%), compared with 34 female bearers (7.9%). The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Jeziel?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Jeziel is Hispanic at 88.4%. The next largest groups are White (4.6%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (3.5%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Jeziel most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Jeziel in the 2020 Census, accounting for 88.4% (381 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
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 Jeziel in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Jeziel a male name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Jeziel 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 Jeziel still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Jeziel 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 Jeziel 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.
How common is the name Jeziel?
See how many people have the name Jeziel on HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site built around that single question.