How Many People Are Named Ezra?
people named Ezra are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,228 people in the US has this name
Based on 111,768 babies named Ezra in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
9,222 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "help" in Hebrew. Ezra is a prophet of the Old Testament and the author of the Book of Ezra. It has been used as a given name in the English-speaking world since the Protestant Reformation. The American poet Ezra Pound (1885-1972) was a famous bearer.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Ezra, 4.7% were girls and 95.3% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1880s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 4.7% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ezra alive today is about 9 years old, and 95% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 11 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ezra first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2024, to 9,222 babies. In 2025, 8,453 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been rising.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ezra never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #13, in 2024, and it was in the top 100 for 11 years, 2015 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #20.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #20 |
| Best rank | #13 (2024) |
| Years in the top 100 | 11 (2015 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #23 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ezra alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ezra were born in California than in any other state: about 15,300 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ezra was given 2.6 times as often in Hawaii, 1.9 times in Alaska and 1.9 times in Vermont.
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