Ezra

Where Ezra comes from

From the Biblical Hebrew עֶזְרָא (ʿezrā). Doublet of Esdras.
— Wiktionary's entry for Ezra
  • Hebrew
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Ezra through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #270 among boys, with 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, the most in any year.
  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.