Ezra
Top 1000
About Ezra
Ezra has a lot going for it: the strength of its heroic Biblical legacy, its quirky sound, and its fresh but familiar feel. Ezra is now at its highest point ever, but its intuitive streamlined spelling and deep roots could make it a worth successor to Elijah in the Top 10 -- or even to Liam or Noah at Number 1.
Ezra just misses being among the elite group of male names that's always been in the US Top 1000, having dipped below the cutoff in 1964 and '67. Ezra also makes the Top 100 for boys in other English-speaking countries along with the Netherlands.
Ezra is an abbreviation for the Hebrew phrase Azaryahu, meaning "Yah helps". In the bible, Ezra led a group of fifteen hundred Israelites out of slavery in Babylon and back to Jerusalem.
Other notable Ezras include poet Ezra Pound and New York Times political columnist Ezra Klein. Ezra Cornell was a founder of Western Union and co-founder of the university that bears his name and Ezra Jack Keats is a popular children's book author-illustrator.
Both Paul Reiser and Taylor Hanson are dads to boys named Ezra, and there are Ezras to be found in Wilkie Collins's The Moonstone and Daniel Deronda by George Eliot.
And let's not forget the band—Better Than Ezra—along with rising actor Ezra Miller, Vampire Weekend musician Ezra Koenig or the character Ezra Fitz from Pretty Little Liars.
Ezra is also growing in popularity as a girls' name, making the girls' Top 1000 in 2018 and still rising. About 400 baby girls were named Ezra last year, but about 8780 baby boys, meaning less that 5% of Ezras are girls in the US.
Pronounced EZ-ruh.
As of October 2026, Ezra ranked #20 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #13 in 2024, Nameberry popularity #17.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #119 | 3,423 | 1,782 |
| 2015 | #93 | 4,337 | 2,262.7 |
| 2016 | #85 | 4,879 | 2,571 |
| 2017 | #69 | 5,346 | 2,888.2 |
| 2018 | #59 | 6,047 | 3,329.6 |
| 2019 | #49 | 6,549 | 3,650.1 |
| 2020 | #44 | 6,830 | 3,957 |
| 2021 | #37 | 7,435 | 4,249.8 |
| 2022 | #25 | 8,014 | 4,589.9 |
| 2023 | #15 | 8,474 | 4,953.9 |
| 2024 | #13 | 8,774 | 5,092.6 |
| 2025 | #20 | 8,126 | 4,757.4 |
World rankings
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Ezra on lists
Famous Ezras
- Ezra Weston Loomis Pound
American poet
- Ezra Jack Keats
American author/illustrator
- George Ezra (Barnett)
English singer and songwriter
- Ezra Butler
American NFL football player
- Ezra Matthew Miller
American actor
- Ezra Butler
American politician; 11th Governor of Vermont
- Ezra Dean
U.S. Congressman from Ohio
- Ezra Bartlett French
U.S. Congressman from Maine
- Ezra Cornell
American, founder of Cornell University
- Ezra Stiles
American, minister and president of Yale College
- Ezra Manning Meeker
American pioneer
- Ezra Hervey Heywood
American abolitionist and suffragist
- Ezra Taft Benson
American, former leader of the Mormon Church
- Ezra
biblical prophet/priest
- Ezra Michael Koenig
American musician; member of "Vampire Weekend"
- Ezra Kire
lead singer of American punk band "Morning Glory"
- Ezra Hendrickson
Vincentian footballer
- Ezra Yitzhak Nawi
Israeli activist
- Ezra Isaac Levant
Canadian media personality
- Ezra Stone (born Ezra Chaim Feinstone)
American actor
- Ezra Horton
English footballer
- Ezra Edelman
American TV producer and director
- Ezra Nahmad
Lebanese billionaire art patron
- Ezra Reich (b. 1978)
son of composer Steve Reich and artist Beryl Korot
- Ezra Jordan
son of songwriters Amy Sky and Marc Jordan
- Ezra Samuel Reiser (b. 1995)
son of actor Paul Reiser
- Ezra Baddiel (b. 2004)
son of actors Morwenna Banks and David Baddiel
- Ezra Quinn (b. 2008)
son of actor Brandon Quinn
- Ezra Youngsma (b. 2010)
son of drummer Derek Youngsma of band Bleeding Through
- Jordan Ezra Hanson (b. 2002)
son of singer Taylor Hanson
- Leo Ezra Egan (b. 2015)
late son of TV chef Kelsey Nixon and Robby Egan
- Ezra Furman
lead singer of Ezra Furman and the Visions
Ezra in pop culture
- Ezra Bridger
Jedi,Padawan, main protagonist on Disney's animated TV show, "Star Wars: Rebels"
- Ezra
main,antagonist in the Anime movie, "Space Pirate Captain Harlock"
- Ezra Fitz
character on "Pretty Little Liars"
- Ezra
main character on "Dark Intensions" and "Dark Vows"
- Ezra Cohen
character in George Eliot's "Daniel Deronda"
- Ezra "Mordecai" Lapidoph
character in George Eliot's "Daniel Deronda"
- Ezra
character in "High School Story"
- Ezra Mason
character in the "Illuminae Trilogy"
- Ezra Standish
character on TV's "The Magnificent Seven"
- Ezra
character in "Seven Pounds"
- Ezra Ezekiel Baxter
character in "The Yearling"
- Ezra
character in comic books by Sean O'Reilly
- Ezra
character in "The Haunted Mansion"
- Ezra Friedken
character in "Higher Ground"
- "Ezra"
a song by Flume
- "Ezra"
2007 movie
- Better Than Ezra
an American alt,rock band
- Ezra Bloom
character in "Imposters"