Zedekiah
About Zedekiah
The name of an Old Testament king, and yet another 'Z' choice from the Bible that still retains some zip, especially with the appealing nickname Zed. Zedekiah was the name of the last king of Judea before the city was destroyed by Babylon.
Pronounced zed-uh-KY-uh.
As of October 2026, Zedekiah ranked #5043 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #2895 in 2019.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #4,012 | 26 | 13.5 |
| 2015 | #3,681 | 30 | 15.7 |
| 2016 | #3,522 | 32 | 16.9 |
| 2017 | #3,676 | 30 | 16.2 |
| 2018 | #3,052 | 39 | 21.5 |
| 2019 | #2,895 | 43 | 24 |
| 2020 | #3,807 | 28 | 16.2 |
| 2021 | #3,494 | 33 | 18.9 |
| 2022 | #3,214 | 38 | 21.8 |
| 2023 | #3,707 | 31 | 18.1 |
| 2024 | #3,881 | 29 | 16.8 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Zedekiah on lists
Famous Zedekiahs
- Zedekiah
false prophet in King Ahab's day (1 Kings 22)
- Zedekiah
son of Hananiah (Jeremiah 36:12)
- Zedekiah
son of King Jechoiakim of Judah (1 Chr. 3:16)
- Zedekiah ben Abraham Anav
Italian rabbi and author
- Zedekiah Kidwell
U.S. Congressman from Virginia
- Zedekiah "Zico" Otieno
Kenyan footballer
- Zedekiah Johnson Purnell
American journalist and civil rights activist
- Zedekiah Smith Barstow
American Congregationalist minister
- Zedekia Josef Ngavirue
Namibian academic and diplomat
Zedekiah in pop culture
- Zedekiah "Zed" Malakov
character in Eva Ibbotson's The Star of Kazan