# Ezra (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ezra/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɛzɹə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 111,768 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 106,761 / 5,007 (4% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 13,483, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From the Biblical Hebrew עֶזְרָא (ʿezrā). Doublet of Esdras.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 101 | 1,958 |
| 2012 | 122 | 1,710 |
| 2013 | 151 | 1,473 |
| 2014 | 158 | 1,441 |
| 2015 | 208 | 1,200 |
| 2016 | 200 | 1,227 |
| 2017 | 208 | 1,179 |
| 2018 | 275 | 962 |
| 2019 | 330 | 824 |
| 2020 | 393 | 713 |
| 2021 | 402 | 714 |
| 2022 | 457 | 646 |
| 2023 | 369 | 764 |
| 2024 | 400 | 701 |
| 2025 | 327 | 834 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,760 | 203 |
| 2012 | 2,090 | 183 |
| 2013 | 2,757 | 142 |
| 2014 | 3,424 | 119 |
| 2015 | 4,339 | 93 |
| 2016 | 4,882 | 85 |
| 2017 | 5,349 | 69 |
| 2018 | 6,048 | 59 |
| 2019 | 6,552 | 49 |
| 2020 | 6,831 | 44 |
| 2021 | 7,438 | 37 |
| 2022 | 8,023 | 25 |
| 2023 | 8,488 | 15 |
| 2024 | 8,822 | 13 |
| 2025 | 8,126 | 20 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 3,185 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,969 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 18 | 1,628 |
| 2015 | 26 | 1,279 |
| 2016 | 18 | 1,689 |
| 2017 | 23 | 1,411 |
| 2018 | 27 | 1,234 |
| 2019 | 30 | 1,119 |
| 2020 | 28 | 1,164 |
| 2021 | 35 | 983 |
| 2022 | 27 | 1,215 |
| 2023 | 29 | 1,135 |
| 2024 | 25 | 1,302 |
| 2025 | 20 | 1,512 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 86 | 441 |
| 2012 | 120 | 359 |
| 2013 | 151 | 295 |
| 2014 | 266 | 213 |
| 2015 | 502 | 127 |
| 2016 | 763 | 91 |
| 2017 | 827 | 81 |
| 2018 | 1,118 | 59 |
| 2019 | 1,105 | 60 |
| 2020 | 1,105 | 59 |
| 2021 | 1,226 | 51 |
| 2022 | 1,217 | 46 |
| 2023 | 1,345 | 38 |
| 2024 | 1,339 | 38 |
| 2025 | 1,300 | 38 |

## In other languages

- Armenian: Եզրաս, Եզր
- Czech: Ezdráš
- Danish: Ezra
- Dutch: Ezra
- Estonian: Esra
- Finnish: Esra
- French: Esdras
- Georgian: ეზრა
- German: Esra
- Greek: Έσδρας
- Hindi: एज़्रा
- Hungarian: Ezsdrás
- Icelandic: Esra
- Irish: Easdras
- Italian: Esdra
- Japanese: エズラ
- Latin: Esdrās
- Latvian: Ezra
- Lithuanian: Ezra
- Norwegian: Esra

## People named Ezra

- Ezra Pound, American poet and critic (1885–1972)
- Ezra Miller, American actor (born 1992)
- George Ezra, English singer-songwriter
- Robert Ezra Park, American sociologist (1864–1944)
- Ezra Koenig, American rock musician
- Ezra Cornell, American businessman (1807-1874)
- Ezra Klein, American journalist
- Ezra T. Newman, American theoretical physicist (1929–2021)
- Ezra Furman, American musician
- Ezra Heywood, American activist (1829–1893)
- Ezra Buzzington, American actor
- Ezra Abbot, American librarian and biblical scholar (1819–1884)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.