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Bezalel

#4,877 in 2025Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Bezalel has been given to 115 babies in the U.S. since 2006. In 2025 it ranked #4,877 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 20 recorded.

Babies named Bezalel, 2025

1 in 166,000

Bezalel over time, 1880–2025

Boys
0510152018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Bezalel: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Bezalel means

Bezalel is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Bezalel is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 115 boys were recorded with the name Bezalel between 2006 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 20 in 2025; its best national rank was #4,877 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #8,160 in 2020 to #4,877 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #10,831 in 2015 to #4,877 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Bezalel?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 166,000
20 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 85,400
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#4,877
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
114,896 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Bezalel sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 114,896 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Bezalel. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Bezalels were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Bezalel was born before 2021 — so the typical Bezalel is around 4 today.

Median birth year
2021
About 4 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
59.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
115
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 59.1% of all recorded uses (68).

Is Bezalel rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+2,008
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+3,283
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+5,954
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
3.33×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (20)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
25.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#4,877
2025

Bezalel around the world

Where Bezalel ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2003–2025
    #3,684
    in 2025

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Bezalel by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,877
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 3,283
Best rank ever
#4,877
2025
Peak year
2025
20 that year
First recorded
2006
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
115
Count in 2025
20

Names similar to Bezalel

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Bezalel

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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