Ezra

Where Ezra comes from

From the Biblical Hebrew עֶזְרָא (ʿezrā). Doublet of Esdras.
— Wiktionary's entry for Ezra
  • Hebrew
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #270 among boys — 39 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1885
    Ezra Pound born
    American poet and critic
  3. 1992
    Ezra Miller born
    American actor
  4. 2024
    Peak, #13
    8,822 babies named Ezra — more than any year before or since.
  5. 2024
    The comeback
    Back to #13 after sinking to #1,147 in 1964.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
Namesakes
  • Ezra Pound · American poet and critic, 1885–1972
  • Ezra Miller · American actor, born 1992
  • Ezra Koenig · American rock musician, born 1984
  • Ezra Taft Benson · President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1899–1994
  • Ezra Klein · American journalist, born 1984

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.