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Ezra

Boy's name · #20 in the US (2025) · Comeback

95% boys · 5% girls — Ezra is also given to girls: 327 in 2025, about 1 in 20 in recent years. Ezra →

Popularity over time

Ezra was #230 in 1881, slipped to #1152 by 1964, climbed back to #13 by 2024, and currently stands at #20. About 107,000 boys have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#25 in New Zealand (2025) · #38 in England & Wales (2025) · #42 in N. Ireland (2025) · #51 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #58 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #69 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #83 in Netherlands (2025) · #111 in Scotland (2025) · #124 in Belgium (2025) · #140 in France (2025) · #144 in Switzerland (2025) · #157 in Ireland (2025) and 6 more.

Famous Ezras

• Ezra Pound — American poet and critic (1885–1972)
• Ezra Miller — American actor (born 1992)
• Ezra Koenig — American rock musician
• Ezra Taft Benson — President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1899–1994)
• Ezra Cornell — American businessman (1807–1874)

In stories & tradition

• Ezra — Book of Ezra (Bible)
• Ezra Bridger — Star Wars Rebels (TV series)
• Ezra Jennings — Fictional character from novel The Moonstone

What Ezras become

Among 314 notable people named Ezra:

Lawyers & judges appear 1.89× more often than among typical names — e.g. Ezra Wheeler, American politician and judge (1820–1871).

Similar names: Silas · Ezekiel · Levi · Elias · Eli · Asher

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