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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201909boysat 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.

Where Ezra is popular in 1909

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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 1909

boys
#462
30 births · 1 in 5,467 boys

Top boys' names in 1909

  1. #1John9,590
  2. #2William7,913
  3. #3James7,595
  4. #4George4,688
  5. #5Robert4,563
  6. #6Joseph4,348
  7. #7Charles4,029
  8. #8Frank3,244
  9. #9Edward2,935
  10. #10Thomas2,468
  11. #462Ezra30
More about 1909

boys

163,996 boys got a published name in 1909; 1 in 5,467 of them was named Ezra, which outranked 72.5% of the 1,679 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ezra
  1. #453Sandy31
  2. #453Wilber31
  3. #453Wilford31
  4. #462Ezra30
  5. #462Gustave30
  6. #462Hugo30
  7. #462Lucien30
  8. #473Billie29
  9. #473Burl29
  10. #473Christian29

Tied with 10 names at #462; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1908
Risers
  1. ↑ 783Toney#1,373 → #590
  2. ↑ 720Cicero#1,373 → #653
  3. ↑ 538Alfonzo#1,217 → #679
  4. ↑ 533Bessie#1,373 → #840
  5. ↑ 533Ezell#1,373 → #840
Fallers
  1. ↓ 874Tracy#566 → #1,440
  2. ↓ 808Jonah#632 → #1,440
  3. ↓ 808Lew#632 → #1,440
  4. ↓ 783Blair#657 → #1,440
  5. ↓ 728Perley#712 → #1,440

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

See the top 100 for 1909 →