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Ezra
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About Ezra
The name Ezra is currently ranked #20 in U.S. births. and peaked for boys at #13 in 2024. The name is most popular in EZRA, EZRA, and EZRA. Ezra is also used for girls, ranking #834 in 2025 (less popular).
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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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"
Variations & nicknames
- EsdrasSpanish
- EzriIsraeli
- EsdraArabic
- EsdrasArabic
- EsraArabic
- EzerArabic
- EzzretArabic
- UzairArabic
- EzeraHawaiian
