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.
Where Ezra is popular in 2018
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Hawaii#5 · 1 in 82
- Alaska#15 · 1 in 101
- Oregon#16 · 1 in 143
- New Mexico#21 · 1 in 130
- Utah#26 · 1 in 174
Best ever in a state: #2 in Hawaii, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #5 | 47 | 1 in 82 |
| Alaska | #15 | 29 | 1 in 101 |
| Oregon | #16 | 116 | 1 in 143 |
| New Mexico | #21 | 59 | 1 in 130 |
| Utah | #26 | 112 | 1 in 174 |
| Nebraska | #27 | 58 | 1 in 162 |
| Arizona | #28 | 195 | 1 in 175 |
| Colorado | #33 | 134 | 1 in 193 |
| Idaho | #33 | 44 | 1 in 177 |
| Montana | #35 | 25 | 1 in 144 |
| Washington | #35 | 176 | 1 in 196 |
| Kansas | #37 | 75 | 1 in 194 |
| Oklahoma | #40 | 93 | 1 in 202 |
| Wisconsin | #41 | 121 | 1 in 213 |
| Indiana | #42 | 156 | 1 in 218 |
| Delaware | #46 | 20 | 1 in 161 |
| Maine | #46 | 25 | 1 in 169 |
| California | #47 | 904 | 1 in 228 |
| Nevada | #49 | 63 | 1 in 209 |
| Minnesota | #55 | 106 | 1 in 252 |
| Ohio | #56 | 221 | 1 in 259 |
| Missouri | #60 | 114 | 1 in 266 |
| Texas | #60 | 665 | 1 in 263 |
| Iowa | #61 | 57 | 1 in 252 |
| Tennessee | #61 | 142 | 1 in 250 |
| Virginia | #63 | 158 | 1 in 258 |
| North Carolina | #64 | 187 | 1 in 268 |
| Arkansas | #66 | 51 | 1 in 265 |
| North Dakota | #66 | 18 | 1 in 216 |
| Kentucky | #70 | 76 | 1 in 275 |
| Michigan | #71 | 155 | 1 in 296 |
| South Carolina | #71 | 74 | 1 in 282 |
| District of Columbia | #72 | 16 | 1 in 247 |
| Florida | #72 | 302 | 1 in 317 |
| Alabama | #75 | 78 | 1 in 290 |
| Wyoming | #75 | 7 | 1 in 202 |
| Illinois | #79 | 176 | 1 in 339 |
| Rhode Island | #81 | 14 | 1 in 251 |
| Vermont | #81 | 7 | 1 in 211 |
| West Virginia | #81 | 27 | 1 in 280 |
| Pennsylvania | #82 | 179 | 1 in 320 |
| Georgia | #83 | 156 | 1 in 335 |
| Louisiana | #83 | 70 | 1 in 326 |
| Maryland | #85 | 78 | 1 in 338 |
| Mississippi | #87 | 39 | 1 in 333 |
| New Jersey | #99 | 101 | 1 in 398 |
| New York | #104 | 208 | 1 in 460 |
| Connecticut | #108 | 34 | 1 in 408 |
| New Hampshire | #112 | 12 | 1 in 355 |
| Massachusetts | #118 | 58 | 1 in 488 |
| South Dakota | #132 | 10 | 1 in 379 |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 2018
Top girls' names in 2018
Top boys' names in 2018
More about 2018
girls
1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 6,186 of them was named Ezra, which outranked 94.7% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 300 of them was named Ezra, which outranked 99.6% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.