Ezell
Last seen for girls in 1954 at #5,753 · Last seen for boys in 2024 at #10,938
Given to boys 88.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1907 · 12 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,243since 1897
Ezell over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | #10,938 | 6 | |
| 2023 | — | #9,763 | 7 | |
| 2022 | — | #8,300 | 9 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | #9,554 | 7 | |
| 2019 | — | #12,145 | 5 | |
| 2018 | — | #12,156 | 5 | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | #12,185 | 5 | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | #10,717 | 6 | |
| 2013 | — | #10,728 | 6 | |
| 2012 | — | #9,709 | 7 | |
| 2011 | — | #9,600 | 7 | |
| 2010 | — | #12,231 | 5 | |
| 2009 | — | #10,994 | 6 | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | #7,094 | 11 | |
| 2006 | — | #7,998 | 9 | |
| 2005 | — | #10,151 | 6 | |
| 2004 | — | #7,536 | 9 | |
| 2003 | — | #8,643 | 7 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,395 | 13 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,445 | 10 | |
| 2000 | — | #6,316 | 10 | |
| 1999 | — | #6,042 | 10 | |
| 1998 | — | #4,873 | 13 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,288 | 11 | |
| 1996 | — | #3,678 | 18 | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | #3,109 | 22 | |
| 1993 | — | #3,042 | 22 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,338 | 19 | |
| 1991 | — | #3,636 | 16 | |
| 1990 | — | #3,607 | 16 | |
| 1989 | — | #3,325 | 17 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,705 | 13 | |
| 1987 | — | #3,339 | 14 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,131 | 15 | |
| 1985 | — | #4,052 | 10 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,107 | 14 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,884 | 10 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,282 | 13 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,898 | 15 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,617 | 18 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,379 | 20 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,799 | 15 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,780 | 29 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,999 | 24 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,884 | 25 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,459 | 16 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,817 | 24 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,508 | 32 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,597 | 30 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,794 | 24 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,570 | 27 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,731 | 21 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,364 | 31 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,259 | 36 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,559 | 25 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,615 | 24 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,354 | 33 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,546 | 26 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,279 | 38 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,359 | 34 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,337 | 34 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,131 | 46 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,345 | 34 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,385 | 31 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,047 | 52 | |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #1,068 | 49 |
| 1953 | #4,226 | 8 | #939 | 58 |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 | #915 | 60 |
| 1951 | — | #892 | 62 | |
| 1950 | — | #977 | 50 | |
| 1949 | — | #942 | 54 | |
| 1948 | — | #872 | 61 | |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 | #975 | 53 |
| 1946 | — | #1,019 | 45 | |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | #1,016 | 39 |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 | #918 | 48 |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 | #908 | 54 |
| 1942 | #2,986 | 10 | #923 | 52 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #1,019 | 40 |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | #982 | 43 |
| 1939 | #3,782 | 6 | #1,052 | 37 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 | #883 | 50 |
| 1937 | — | #906 | 47 | |
| 1936 | — | #844 | 52 | |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 | #1,165 | 32 |
| 1934 | — | #982 | 42 | |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | #824 | 56 |
| 1932 | #2,831 | 10 | #902 | 51 |
| 1931 | #2,581 | 11 | #922 | 49 |
| 1930 | #3,658 | 7 | #873 | 57 |
| 1929 | #1,953 | 18 | #960 | 49 |
| 1928 | #2,194 | 16 | #963 | 50 |
| 1927 | #1,828 | 22 | #1,098 | 42 |
| 1926 | #2,569 | 13 | #1,064 | 43 |
| 1925 | #2,018 | 19 | #956 | 50 |
| 1924 | #2,514 | 14 | #1,133 | 40 |
| 1923 | #3,350 | 9 | #992 | 49 |
| 1922 | #2,027 | 19 | #977 | 52 |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 | #1,122 | 40 |
| 1920 | #2,172 | 17 | #1,035 | 45 |
| 1919 | #2,063 | 17 | #959 | 49 |
| 1918 | #1,887 | 20 | #1,112 | 38 |
| 1917 | #2,100 | 16 | #1,152 | 34 |
| 1916 | #1,739 | 20 | #1,096 | 35 |
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 | #1,100 | 34 |
| 1914 | #2,434 | 9 | #933 | 35 |
| 1913 | — | #897 | 30 | |
| 1912 | #1,620 | 12 | #1,417 | 12 |
| 1911 | #1,792 | 8 | #824 | 16 |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | #1,045 | 10 |
| 1909 | — | #840 | 12 | |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | — | #778 | 12 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #836 | 9 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,064 | 6 | |
| 1903 | — | #910 | 7 | |
| 1902 | — | #1,013 | 6 | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,050 | 7 | |
| 1899 | — | #928 | 6 | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | #942 | 6 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Ezell! It came in at #942, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1898, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Ezell
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 533 spots in 1909 (#1,373 → #840)
- Biggest drop: 595 spots in 1908 (#778 → #1,373)
- Debuted 1897
- Peaked 1907 at #778 (12 births)
- Births halved by 1908, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 34 yrs · run 1928–1934
- Highest: 1 in 12,236 boys born in 1907 were named Ezell (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 287,148 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 15.1% of all boys named Ezell (489) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1912, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 12 | #928 (1899) | #935 |
| 1900s | 64 | #778 (1907) | #983 |
| 1910s | 293 | #824 (1911) | #1,054 |
| 1920s | 460 | #956 (1925) | #1,030 |
| 1930s | 473 | #824 (1933) | #935 |
| 1940s | 489 | #872 (1948) | #957 |
| 1950s | 476 | #892 (1951) | #1,104 |
| 1960s | 295 | #1,259 (1966) | #1,464 |
| 1970s | 239 | #1,508 (1972) | #2,002 |
| 1980s | 139 | #2,617 (1980) | #3,334 |
| 1990s | 147 | #3,042 (1993) | #4,068 |
| 2000s | 81 | #5,395 (2002) | #7,841 |
| 2010s | 46 | #9,600 (2011) | #11,184 |
| 2020s | 29 | #8,300 (2022) | #9,639 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ezell in 1918
Top girls' names in 1918
Top boys' names in 1918
More about 1918
girls
1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 57,882 of them was named Ezell, which outranked 66.2% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,805Yukiko21
- #1,805Zeta21
- #1,805Zina21
- #1,887Ezell20
- #1,887Alena20
- #1,887Ardelia20
- #1,887Avanell20
- #1,963Aleda19
- #1,963Alvie19
- #1,963Angelena19
Tied with 75 names at #1,887; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 547Jesse#1,507 → #960
- ↑ 494Liberty#1,079 → #585
- ↑ 389Marilynn#1,337 → #948
- ↑ 312Margueritte#1,281 → #969
- ↑ 306Syble#807 → #501
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 26,671 of them was named Ezell, which outranked 76.9% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,094Reece39
- #1,094Toshio39
- #1,094Willam39
- #1,112Ezell38
- #1,112Bishop38
- #1,112Delma38
- #1,112Ephraim38
- #1,124Adolfo37
- #1,124Alejandro37
- #1,124Arno37
Tied with 11 names at #1,112; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.