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 2015
Top girls' names in 2015
Top boys' names in 2015
More about 2015
girls
1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 8,582 of them was named Ezra, which outranked 93.7% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,193Theresa210
- #1,197Annelise209
- #1,197Kalia209
- #1,199Ezra208
- #1,199Ailani208
- #1,199Jacquelyn208
- #1,199Malayah208
- #1,204Alora207
- #1,204Amiah207
- #1,204Kinlee207
Tied with 4 names at #1,199; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 442 of them was named Ezra, which outranked 99.3% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.