Zadok
2025 SSA
About Zadok
A rarely heard biblical name, Zadok is borne by no less than nine Old Testament men.
The most famous was a priest who lived during the reign of King David, whom he helped and supported, and was rewarded by allowing his descendants to be the only God-appointed legitimate heirs to the priesthood.
"Zadok the Priest" is one of four anthems composed by George Frideric Handel for the coronation of George II and has been song at every British coronation since.
Pronounced ZAY-dok.
As of October 2026, Zadok ranked #4853 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #3369 in 2012.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #4,008 | 26 | 13.5 |
| 2015 | #3,679 | 30 | 15.7 |
| 2016 | #4,464 | 23 | 12.1 |
| 2017 | #3,583 | 31 | 16.7 |
| 2018 | #4,471 | 23 | 12.7 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | #4,014 | 26 | 15.1 |
| 2021 | #4,773 | 21 | 12 |
| 2022 | #3,611 | 32 | 18.3 |
| 2023 | #3,409 | 35 | 20.5 |
| 2024 | #4,179 | 26 | 15.1 |
| 2025 | #4,853 | 21 | 12.3 |
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- Zadok
Biblical priest who showed great courage during the reigns of the first three kings of Israel
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son of Ahitub, father of Shallum, of the house of Aaron (1 Chr. 6:12)
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father of Jerushah the mother of Judean King Jotham (2 Chr. 27:1)
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son of Baana; a rebuilder of Jerusalem's walls (Nehemiah 3:4)
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son of Immer; repairer of Jerusalem's walls (Nehemiah 3:29)
- Zadok Magruder
American Revolutionary
- Zadok Casey
U.S. Congressman from Illinois
- Zadok HaKohen
Lithuanian rabbi
Zadok in pop culture
- Zadok
a "rapacious Jew" in The Unfortunate Traveller: or, the Life of Jack Wilton (1594) by Thomas Nashe
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character from H.P. Lovecraft's The Shadow over Innsmouth
- "Zadok the Priest"
one of the four Coronation Anthems composed by George Frideric Handel for the coronation of George II in 1727, and sung at every coronation of a British sovereign since