How Many People Are Named Ezell?
people named Ezell are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 219,797 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,654 babies named Ezell in Social Security records from 1897 to 2024, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
71 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Ezell, 4% were girls and 96% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Ezell fell from 28.5% in the 1910s to 0% in the 1990s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ezell alive today is about 57 years old, and 52% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 43 and 74 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ezell first appears in the records in 1897 and was given most often in 1922, to 71 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2024.
Babies given the name each year, 1897 to 2024
🏆 Rank History
Ezell has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #788, in 1907. Among girls, its best rank was #1,648, in 1912.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #788 (1907) | #1,648 (1912) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #955 in the 1940s | #2,288 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ezell alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ezell were born in Mississippi than in any other state: about 142 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ezell was given 18.6 times as often in Mississippi, 9.1 times in Alabama and 5.1 times in Arkansas.
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