Meaning not yet researched.
Ezra: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 8,126 in 2025. Its best rank was #13 in 2024.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #13 in 2024; #20 in 2025. About 96% of babies named Ezra in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#20 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2024, at #13.
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Ezra: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 8,126 boys in 2025. Peak: #13 in 2024 · most boys in one year: 8,822 (2024).
In 2025, 8,126 US boys were named Ezra, making it the 20th most common boys’ name of the year, down 7 places from #13 in 2024. That is 696 fewer than the 8,822 boys named Ezra in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #13, reached in 2024. That year also had the most boys given the name: 8,822. For comparison, it was #93 in 2015 and #788 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ezra in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 39 babies with the name. In all, 111,768 US babies have been given the name, 4.5% of them girls and 96% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 50,076 babies named Ezra.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 70,559 US boys were named Ezra; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 8,822. In 2025 that was about 1 in 210 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Ezra ranked highest in Wyoming in 2025, at #6 for boys there. It was in the top 100 in 50 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Ezrah (3,304 babies since 1880) and Isra (1,791 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Esra, Esraa and Izra are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Ez.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Esra (687), Esraa (241), Izra (59), Ezrae (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so every state is listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | 18 | #6 | #76 |
| New Mexico | 67 | #7 | #64 |
| Arizona | 250 | #10 | #70 |
| Texas | 1,067 | #11 | #89 |
| Oregon | 105 | #12 | #35 |
| Oklahoma | 125 | #12 | #79 |
| Colorado | 187 | #13 | #83 |
| California | 1,190 | #14 | #82 |
| Nevada | 80 | #14 | #79 |
| Hawaii | 28 | #14 | #12 |
| Washington | 223 | #15 | #54 |
| Georgia | 271 | #15 | #113 |
| South Dakota | 31 | #16 | #100 |
| Indiana | 187 | #16 | #76 |
| Virginia | 225 | #17 | #96 |
| North Carolina | 298 | #17 | #122 |
| Kansas | 82 | #20 | #107 |
| Utah | 121 | #21 | #40 |
| Louisiana | 102 | #21 | #120 |
| Michigan | 213 | #23 | #91 |
| Tennessee | 204 | #23 | #86 |
| Kentucky | 123 | #23 | #98 |
| Arkansas | 73 | #24 | #116 |
| Florida | 494 | #25 | #126 |
| Idaho | 51 | #31 | #71 |
| Missouri | 150 | #32 | #92 |
| Ohio | 256 | #32 | #112 |
| Iowa | 72 | #32 | #87 |
| South Carolina | 104 | #33 | #111 |
| Minnesota | 113 | #36 | #85 |
| Alaska | 16 | #37 | #41 |
| Illinois | 214 | #39 | #131 |
| Nebraska | 44 | #40 | #120 |
| Montana | 24 | #40 | #73 |
| Maryland | 110 | #41 | #142 |
| Alabama | 89 | #42 | #107 |
| District of Columbia | 16 | #43 | #73 |
| Maine | 23 | #44 | #71 |
| New York | 338 | #44 | #153 |
| Pennsylvania | 238 | #46 | #121 |
| Massachusetts | 112 | #50 | #133 |
| Wisconsin | 90 | #56 | #91 |
| West Virginia | 29 | #56 | #134 |
| Delaware | 16 | #58 | — |
| North Dakota | 17 | #63 | #120 |
| Rhode Island | 16 | #63 | #101 |
| Vermont | 7 | #68 | #85 |
| New Jersey | 125 | #69 | #176 |
| Connecticut | 47 | #77 | #115 |
| New Hampshire | 17 | #89 | #92 |
| Mississippi | 28 | #112 | #166 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 327 | #834 | 8,126 | #20 |
| 2024 | 400 | #701 | 8,822 | #13 |
| 2023 | 369 | #764 | 8,488 | #15 |
| 2022 | 457 | #646 | 8,023 | #25 |
| 2021 | 402 | #714 | 7,438 | #37 |
| 2020 | 393 | #713 | 6,831 | #44 |
| 2019 | 330 | #824 | 6,552 | #49 |
| 2018 | 275 | #962 | 6,048 | #59 |
| 2017 | 208 | #1,179 | 5,349 | #69 |
| 2016 | 200 | #1,227 | 4,882 | #85 |
| 2015 | 208 | #1,200 | 4,339 | #93 |
| 2014 | 158 | #1,441 | 3,424 | #119 |
| 2013 | 151 | #1,473 | 2,757 | #142 |
| 2012 | 122 | #1,710 | 2,090 | #183 |
| 2011 | 101 | #1,958 | 1,760 | #203 |
| 2010 | 89 | #2,187 | 1,449 | #241 |
| 2009 | 90 | #2,192 | 1,344 | #258 |
| 2008 | 82 | #2,361 | 1,165 | #291 |
| 2007 | 74 | #2,521 | 952 | #337 |
| 2006 | 57 | #2,995 | 914 | #340 |
| 2005 | 57 | #2,879 | 856 | #346 |
| 2004 | 52 | #3,012 | 733 | #377 |
| 2003 | 41 | #3,489 | 651 | #400 |
| 2002 | 32 | #4,014 | 571 | #436 |
| 2001 | 42 | #3,269 | 574 | #426 |
| 2000 | 38 | #3,473 | 566 | #430 |
| 1999 | 33 | #3,654 | 460 | #483 |
| 1998 | 22 | #4,841 | 451 | #483 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,424 | 355 | #551 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,130 | 338 | #552 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,368 | 259 | #647 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,863 | 227 | #693 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,959 | 223 | #693 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,689 | 178 | #785 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,609 | 184 | #751 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,846 | 179 | #760 |
| 1989 | — | — | 188 | #722 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,774 | 202 | #667 |
| 1987 | 8 | #8,230 | 199 | #651 |
| 1986 | — | — | 163 | #705 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,624 | 173 | #677 |
| 1984 | — | — | 152 | #709 |
| 1983 | — | — | 144 | #720 |
| 1982 | — | — | 179 | #648 |
| 1981 | 11 | #6,003 | 188 | #625 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,413 | 167 | #670 |
| 1979 | — | — | 156 | #683 |
| 1978 | — | — | 150 | #685 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,776 | 158 | #672 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,803 | 149 | #675 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,513 | 145 | #686 |
| 1974 | — | — | 123 | #733 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,251 | 121 | #729 |
| 1972 | — | — | 103 | #791 |
| 1971 | — | — | 96 | #825 |
| 1970 | — | — | 70 | #961 |
| 1969 | — | — | 73 | #895 |
| 1968 | — | — | 55 | #998 |
| 1967 | — | — | 52 | #1,009 |
| 1966 | — | — | 57 | #962 |
| 1965 | — | — | 59 | #958 |
| 1964 | — | — | 45 | #1,152 |
| 1963 | — | — | 67 | #913 |
| 1962 | — | — | 57 | #1,018 |
| 1961 | — | — | 61 | #995 |
| 1960 | — | — | 62 | #968 |
| 1959 | — | — | 60 | #998 |
| 1958 | — | — | 60 | #984 |
| 1957 | — | — | 70 | #910 |
| 1956 | — | — | 73 | #877 |
| 1955 | — | — | 70 | #889 |
| 1954 | — | — | 58 | #979 |
| 1953 | — | — | 76 | #827 |
| 1952 | — | — | 57 | #942 |
| 1951 | — | — | 78 | #799 |
| 1950 | — | — | 75 | #788 |
| 1949 | — | — | 66 | #842 |
| 1948 | — | — | 56 | #926 |
| 1947 | — | — | 59 | #908 |
| 1946 | — | — | 52 | #928 |
| 1945 | — | — | 51 | #891 |
| 1944 | — | — | 64 | #783 |
| 1943 | — | — | 59 | #872 |
| 1942 | — | — | 59 | #854 |
| 1941 | — | — | 48 | #920 |
| 1940 | — | — | 60 | #804 |
| 1939 | — | — | 50 | #872 |
| 1938 | — | — | 51 | #873 |
| 1937 | — | — | 73 | #702 |
| 1936 | — | — | 98 | #584 |
| 1935 | — | — | 78 | #682 |
| 1934 | — | — | 106 | #574 |
| 1933 | — | — | 88 | #617 |
| 1932 | — | — | 82 | #674 |
| 1931 | — | — | 84 | #651 |
| 1930 | — | — | 109 | #573 |
| 1929 | — | — | 106 | #581 |
| 1928 | — | — | 117 | #568 |
| 1927 | 7 | #4,004 | 114 | #579 |
| 1926 | — | — | 139 | #514 |
| 1925 | — | — | 133 | #533 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,354 | 143 | #527 |
| 1923 | — | — | 166 | #473 |
| 1922 | — | — | 149 | #507 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,678 | 164 | #480 |
| 1920 | — | — | 142 | #512 |
| 1919 | — | — | 143 | #497 |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,477 | 142 | #500 |
| 1917 | — | — | 140 | #486 |
| 1916 | — | — | 153 | #456 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,558 | 135 | #476 |
| 1914 | — | — | 107 | #467 |
| 1913 | — | — | 84 | #472 |
| 1912 | — | — | 89 | #412 |
| 1911 | — | — | 46 | #428 |
| 1910 | — | — | 42 | #416 |
| 1909 | — | — | 30 | #462 |
| 1908 | — | — | 25 | #504 |
| 1907 | — | — | 31 | #409 |
| 1906 | — | — | 31 | #388 |
| 1905 | — | — | 32 | #366 |
| 1904 | — | — | 34 | #345 |
| 1903 | — | — | 33 | #333 |
| 1902 | — | — | 26 | #395 |
| 1901 | — | — | 20 | #427 |
| 1900 | — | — | 42 | #331 |
| 1899 | — | — | 25 | #367 |
| 1898 | — | — | 40 | #291 |
| 1897 | — | — | 43 | #274 |
| 1896 | — | — | 45 | #272 |
| 1895 | — | — | 45 | #266 |
| 1894 | — | — | 44 | #262 |
| 1893 | — | — | 38 | #283 |
| 1892 | — | — | 44 | #271 |
| 1891 | — | — | 38 | #261 |
| 1890 | — | — | 43 | #263 |
| 1889 | — | — | 33 | #297 |
| 1888 | — | — | 32 | #316 |
| 1887 | — | — | 33 | #291 |
| 1886 | — | — | 39 | #272 |
| 1885 | — | — | 24 | #358 |
| 1884 | — | — | 43 | #262 |
| 1883 | — | — | 28 | #311 |
| 1882 | — | — | 41 | #267 |
| 1881 | — | — | 44 | #230 |
| 1880 | — | — | 39 | #270 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).