Ezra

#833 for girls in 2025, 327 births · #20 for boys in 2025, 8,126 births
Given to boys 95.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
2024 · 8,822 births
Debut · boys
39 births
In top 100 · boys
11 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
106,761
since 1880

Ezra over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201918boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#833327#208,126
2024#701400#138,822
2023#764369#158,488
2022#646457#258,023
2021#713402#377,438
2020#713393#446,831
2019#824330#496,552
2018#960275#596,048
2017#1,178208#695,349
2016#1,227200#854,882
2015#1,199208#934,339
2014#1,436158#1183,424
2013#1,470151#1422,757
2012#1,705122#1832,090
2011#1,953101#2031,760
2010#2,18589#2411,449
2009#2,19090#2581,344
2008#2,35482#2911,165
2007#2,50974#336952
2006#2,97857#340914
2005#2,86557#346856
2004#2,99852#377733
2003#3,47241#400651
2002#3,97832#436571
2001#3,25642#426574
2000#3,45338#430566
1999#3,63933#483460
1998#4,79622#483451
1997#4,37024#551355
1996#5,06519#552338
1995#6,25714#647259
1994#9,5868#693227
1993#8,7199#691223
1992#7,51211#783178
1991#9,3368#751184
1990#11,4096#760179
1989#722188
1988#10,3866#667202
1987#7,9878#646199
1986#705163
1985#8,3187#674173
1984#708152
1983#719144
1982#647179
1981#5,88511#623188
1980#8,1787#670167
1979#682156
1978#683150
1977#7,5677#672158
1976#6,6118#674149
1975#9,0675#684145
1974#732123
1973#6,0808#728121
1972#788103
1971#82296
1970#95970
1969#89373
1968#99655
1967#1,00352
1966#96157
1965#95759
1964#1,14745
1963#91167
1962#1,01357
1961#99061
1960#96462
1959#99360
1958#97860
1957#90870
1956#87473
1955#88570
1954#97358
1953#82576
1952#93957
1951#79978
1950#78875
1949#84266
1948#92356
1947#90659
1946#92552
1945#88451
1944#78264
1943#86959
1942#85159
1941#91848
1940#80260
1939#86750
1938#86951
1937#70073
1936#58198
1935#67878
1934#574106
1933#61788
1932#67482
1931#65084
1930#572109
1929#580106
1928#567117
1927#3,8757#579114
1926#512139
1925#533133
1924#5,0615#527143
1923#473166
1922#506149
1921#4,4646#480164
1920#511142
1919#497143
1918#4,2916#500142
1917#486140
1916#455153
1915#3,4347#475135
1914#466107
1913#47284
1912#41289
1911#42646
1910#41542
1909#46230
1908#49925
1907#40531
1906#38731
1905#36532
1904#34434
1903#33033
1902#38826
1901#42220
1900#33042
1899#36225
1898#28840
1897#27243
1896#27045
1895#26645
1894#26144
1893#28338
1892#27044
1891#26038
1890#25943
1889#29433
1888#31432
1887#28933
1886#27239
1885#35524
1884#25943
1883#30928
1882#26741
1881#22944
1880#27039
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Ezra was already there! It came in at #270, and was given to 39 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1901–1902, when fewer than 27 boys a year got the name.

See more about Ezra
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 7 spots since 2024 (#13#20)
  • 24 spots since 2020 (#44#20)
  • 73 spots since 2015 (#93#20)
  • Biggest jump: 190 spots in 1965 (#1,147#957)
  • Biggest drop: 236 spots in 1964 (#911#1,147)
Rise & fade · boys
144 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2024 at #13 (8,822 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 11 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 11 yrs · run 2015–2025
  • Top 1,000: 143 yrs · run 1880–1961
Share of babies · boys
1 in 195
  • Highest: 1 in 195 boys born in 2024 were named Ezra (0.51%)
  • Latest: 1 in 210 boys born in 2025 (0.48%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 44.7% of all boys named Ezra (47,728) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #229 (1881) → #1,147 (1964) → #13 (2024)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s356#229 (1881)#286
1890s405#259 (1890)#279
1900s304#330 (1900)#393
1910s1,081#412 (1912)#460
1920s1,373#473 (1923)#527
1930s819#572 (1930)#678
1940s574#782 (1944)#870
1950s677#788 (1950)#896
1960s588#893 (1969)#984
1970s1,271#672 (1977)#742
1980s1,755#623 (1981)#678
1990s2,854#483 (1999)#639
2000s8,326#258 (2009)#364
2010s38,650#49 (2019)#124
2020s47,728#13 (2024)#26

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.

Ezra in 1918

girls
#4,291
6 births · 1 in 192,939 girls
boys
#500
142 births · 1 in 7,137 boys

Top girls' names in 1918

  1. #1Mary67,365
  2. #2Helen36,148
  3. #3Dorothy32,030
  4. #4Margaret27,139
  5. #5Ruth25,535
  6. #6Mildred17,258
  7. #7Virginia16,421
  8. #8Frances16,132
  9. #9Elizabeth15,853
  10. #10Anna15,666
  11. #4,291Ezra6

Top boys' names in 1918

  1. #1John56,558
  2. #2William45,291
  3. #3James42,115
  4. #4Robert40,619
  5. #5Charles26,921
  6. #6George26,318
  7. #7Joseph26,261
  8. #8Edward19,489
  9. #9Frank17,018
  10. #10Thomas13,910
  11. #500Ezra142
More about 1918

girls

1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 192,939 of them was named Ezra, which outranked 23.2% 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).

Ranked beside Ezra
  1. #3,869Zelna7
  2. #3,869Zenia7
  3. #3,869Zonnie7
  4. #4,291Ezra6
  5. #4,291Abby6
  6. #4,291Adelphia6
  7. #4,291Affie6
  8. #4,809Abie5
  9. #4,809Adalee5
  10. #4,809Addis5

Tied with 517 names at #4,291; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. 547Jesse#1,507#960
  2. 494Liberty#1,079#585
  3. 389Marilynn#1,337#948
  4. 312Margueritte#1,281#969
  5. 306Syble#807#501
Fallers
  1. 447Valentine#964#1,411
  2. 428Ottie#952#1,380
  3. 354Delora#923#1,277
  4. 318Georgene#896#1,214
  5. 299Clifford#904#1,203

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 7,137 of them was named Ezra, which outranked 89.6% 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).

Ranked beside Ezra
  1. #497Elroy145
  2. #498Justin144
  3. #498Luis144
  4. #500Ezra142
  5. #500Valentine142
  6. #502Elias141
  7. #502Vaughn141
  8. #504Burl140

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. 600Quinton#1,092#492
  2. 542Pershing#876#334
  3. 480Quentin#723#243
  4. 440Issac#1,264#824
  5. 339Furman#1,092#753
Fallers
  1. 473Bernhard#900#1,373
  2. 424Edson#919#1,343
  3. 394Gasper#919#1,313
  4. 352Berton#934#1,286
  5. 346Ishmael#997#1,343

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1918