Fewer than five US boys were named Ezell in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for boys. Its best rank for boys was #788, reached in 1907. The most boys given the name in a single year was 62, in 1951. For comparison, it was unranked (under five boys) in 2015 and #982 in 1950.
Fewer than five US girls were named Ezell in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for girls. Its best rank for girls was #1,648, reached in 1912. The most girls given the name in a single year was 22, in 1927. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ezell in 120 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1897 with 6 babies. In all, 3,654 US babies have been given the name, 11% of them girls and 89% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 617 babies named Ezell.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 44 US boys were named Ezell; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 9.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Izel (1,944 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Izell, Ezel and Eziel are summarised on this page.