Ezra
#833 for girls in 2025, 327 births · #20 for boys in 2025, 8,126 births
Given to boys 95.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 2024 · 8,822 births
- Debut · boys
- 39 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 11 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 106,761since 1880
Ezra over time
Rank among boys' names. 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 | #833 | 327 | #20 | 8,126 |
| 2024 | #701 | 400 | #13 | 8,822 |
| 2023 | #764 | 369 | #15 | 8,488 |
| 2022 | #646 | 457 | #25 | 8,023 |
| 2021 | #713 | 402 | #37 | 7,438 |
| 2020 | #713 | 393 | #44 | 6,831 |
| 2019 | #824 | 330 | #49 | 6,552 |
| 2018 | #960 | 275 | #59 | 6,048 |
| 2017 | #1,178 | 208 | #69 | 5,349 |
| 2016 | #1,227 | 200 | #85 | 4,882 |
| 2015 | #1,199 | 208 | #93 | 4,339 |
| 2014 | #1,436 | 158 | #118 | 3,424 |
| 2013 | #1,470 | 151 | #142 | 2,757 |
| 2012 | #1,705 | 122 | #183 | 2,090 |
| 2011 | #1,953 | 101 | #203 | 1,760 |
| 2010 | #2,185 | 89 | #241 | 1,449 |
| 2009 | #2,190 | 90 | #258 | 1,344 |
| 2008 | #2,354 | 82 | #291 | 1,165 |
| 2007 | #2,509 | 74 | #336 | 952 |
| 2006 | #2,978 | 57 | #340 | 914 |
| 2005 | #2,865 | 57 | #346 | 856 |
| 2004 | #2,998 | 52 | #377 | 733 |
| 2003 | #3,472 | 41 | #400 | 651 |
| 2002 | #3,978 | 32 | #436 | 571 |
| 2001 | #3,256 | 42 | #426 | 574 |
| 2000 | #3,453 | 38 | #430 | 566 |
| 1999 | #3,639 | 33 | #483 | 460 |
| 1998 | #4,796 | 22 | #483 | 451 |
| 1997 | #4,370 | 24 | #551 | 355 |
| 1996 | #5,065 | 19 | #552 | 338 |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 | #647 | 259 |
| 1994 | #9,586 | 8 | #693 | 227 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | #691 | 223 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | #783 | 178 |
| 1991 | #9,336 | 8 | #751 | 184 |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | #760 | 179 |
| 1989 | — | #722 | 188 | |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #667 | 202 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | #646 | 199 |
| 1986 | — | #705 | 163 | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #674 | 173 |
| 1984 | — | #708 | 152 | |
| 1983 | — | #719 | 144 | |
| 1982 | — | #647 | 179 | |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 | #623 | 188 |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #670 | 167 |
| 1979 | — | #682 | 156 | |
| 1978 | — | #683 | 150 | |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #672 | 158 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | #674 | 149 |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | #684 | 145 |
| 1974 | — | #732 | 123 | |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 | #728 | 121 |
| 1972 | — | #788 | 103 | |
| 1971 | — | #822 | 96 | |
| 1970 | — | #959 | 70 | |
| 1969 | — | #893 | 73 | |
| 1968 | — | #996 | 55 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,003 | 52 | |
| 1966 | — | #961 | 57 | |
| 1965 | — | #957 | 59 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,147 | 45 | |
| 1963 | — | #911 | 67 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,013 | 57 | |
| 1961 | — | #990 | 61 | |
| 1960 | — | #964 | 62 | |
| 1959 | — | #993 | 60 | |
| 1958 | — | #978 | 60 | |
| 1957 | — | #908 | 70 | |
| 1956 | — | #874 | 73 | |
| 1955 | — | #885 | 70 | |
| 1954 | — | #973 | 58 | |
| 1953 | — | #825 | 76 | |
| 1952 | — | #939 | 57 | |
| 1951 | — | #799 | 78 | |
| 1950 | — | #788 | 75 | |
| 1949 | — | #842 | 66 | |
| 1948 | — | #923 | 56 | |
| 1947 | — | #906 | 59 | |
| 1946 | — | #925 | 52 | |
| 1945 | — | #884 | 51 | |
| 1944 | — | #782 | 64 | |
| 1943 | — | #869 | 59 | |
| 1942 | — | #851 | 59 | |
| 1941 | — | #918 | 48 | |
| 1940 | — | #802 | 60 | |
| 1939 | — | #867 | 50 | |
| 1938 | — | #869 | 51 | |
| 1937 | — | #700 | 73 | |
| 1936 | — | #581 | 98 | |
| 1935 | — | #678 | 78 | |
| 1934 | — | #574 | 106 | |
| 1933 | — | #617 | 88 | |
| 1932 | — | #674 | 82 | |
| 1931 | — | #650 | 84 | |
| 1930 | — | #572 | 109 | |
| 1929 | — | #580 | 106 | |
| 1928 | — | #567 | 117 | |
| 1927 | #3,875 | 7 | #579 | 114 |
| 1926 | — | #512 | 139 | |
| 1925 | — | #533 | 133 | |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #527 | 143 |
| 1923 | — | #473 | 166 | |
| 1922 | — | #506 | 149 | |
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | #480 | 164 |
| 1920 | — | #511 | 142 | |
| 1919 | — | #497 | 143 | |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | #500 | 142 |
| 1917 | — | #486 | 140 | |
| 1916 | — | #455 | 153 | |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | #475 | 135 |
| 1914 | — | #466 | 107 | |
| 1913 | — | #472 | 84 | |
| 1912 | — | #412 | 89 | |
| 1911 | — | #426 | 46 | |
| 1910 | — | #415 | 42 | |
| 1909 | — | #462 | 30 | |
| 1908 | — | #499 | 25 | |
| 1907 | — | #405 | 31 | |
| 1906 | — | #387 | 31 | |
| 1905 | — | #365 | 32 | |
| 1904 | — | #344 | 34 | |
| 1903 | — | #330 | 33 | |
| 1902 | — | #388 | 26 | |
| 1901 | — | #422 | 20 | |
| 1900 | — | #330 | 42 | |
| 1899 | — | #362 | 25 | |
| 1898 | — | #288 | 40 | |
| 1897 | — | #272 | 43 | |
| 1896 | — | #270 | 45 | |
| 1895 | — | #266 | 45 | |
| 1894 | — | #261 | 44 | |
| 1893 | — | #283 | 38 | |
| 1892 | — | #270 | 44 | |
| 1891 | — | #260 | 38 | |
| 1890 | — | #259 | 43 | |
| 1889 | — | #294 | 33 | |
| 1888 | — | #314 | 32 | |
| 1887 | — | #289 | 33 | |
| 1886 | — | #272 | 39 | |
| 1885 | — | #355 | 24 | |
| 1884 | — | #259 | 43 | |
| 1883 | — | #309 | 28 | |
| 1882 | — | #267 | 41 | |
| 1881 | — | #229 | 44 | |
| 1880 | — | #270 | 39 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2024 at #13 (8,822 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 11 yrs · run 2015–2025
- Top 1,000: 143 yrs · run 1880–1961
- Highest: 1 in 195 boys born in 2024 were named Ezra (0.51%)
- Latest: 1 in 210 boys born in 2025 (0.48%)
- 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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 356 | #229 (1881) | #286 |
| 1890s | 405 | #259 (1890) | #279 |
| 1900s | 304 | #330 (1900) | #393 |
| 1910s | 1,081 | #412 (1912) | #460 |
| 1920s | 1,373 | #473 (1923) | #527 |
| 1930s | 819 | #572 (1930) | #678 |
| 1940s | 574 | #782 (1944) | #870 |
| 1950s | 677 | #788 (1950) | #896 |
| 1960s | 588 | #893 (1969) | #984 |
| 1970s | 1,271 | #672 (1977) | #742 |
| 1980s | 1,755 | #623 (1981) | #678 |
| 1990s | 2,854 | #483 (1999) | #639 |
| 2000s | 8,326 | #258 (2009) | #364 |
| 2010s | 38,650 | #49 (2019) | #124 |
| 2020s | 47,728 | #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 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 296,809 of them was named Ezra, which outranked 25.2% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #9,244Zinnia7
- #9,244Zuleyma7
- #9,244Zykia7
- #10,386Ezra6
- #10,386Aasia6
- #10,386Abbee6
- #10,386Abeer6
- #11,798Aaliya5
- #11,798Aariel5
- #11,798Abbigayle5
Tied with 1,411 names at #10,386; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 9,477 of them was named Ezra, which outranked 92.1% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.