Ezra
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
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 for boys#20 US
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.
Ezra for girls#834 US
Ezra is a biblical favorite for boys that's been making inroads into the girls' Top 1000 since 2018 and it's easy to see why. With its soft sounds and -a ending, it holds the same appeal as Noa, Sasha, Micah, and Luka do: short, sweet, and solid. 2024 saw Ezra climb 61 places up the US charts, placing it just outside the Top 700.
Though it was given to nearly 400 baby girls in 2024, that's still below the 10% cutoff required to make a name truly unisex. More than 8770 baby boys were named Ezra last year, meaning only 5% of Ezras born in the US were girls.
Lovers of Ezra for a girl might like the pretty Turkish name Esra, a variant of Arabic Isra meaning "she who travels by night". There's also Ezri, which, thanks to pop culture, is now more popular for girls.
Pronounced EZ-ruh.
As of October 2026, Ezra ranked #20 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #13 in 2024, Nameberry popularity #17.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #119 | 3,423 | #1,440 | 158 |
| 2015 | #93 | 4,337 | #1,201 | 208 |
| 2016 | #85 | 4,879 | #1,227 | 200 |
| 2017 | #69 | 5,346 | #1,182 | 207 |
| 2018 | #59 | 6,047 | #962 | 275 |
| 2019 | #49 | 6,549 | #824 | 330 |
| 2020 | #44 | 6,830 | #713 | 393 |
| 2021 | #37 | 7,435 | #714 | 401 |
| 2022 | #25 | 8,014 | #645 | 457 |
| 2023 | #15 | 8,474 | #764 | 369 |
| 2024 | #13 | 8,774 | #705 | 398 |
| 2025 | #20 | 8,126 | #834 | 327 |
World rankings
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Ezra on lists
Famous Ezras
- Ezra Weston Loomis PoundBoth
American poet
- Ezra Jack KeatsBoth
American author/illustrator
- George Ezra (Barnett)Both
English singer and songwriter
- Ezra ButlerBoth
American NFL football player
- Ezra Matthew MillerBoth
American actor
- Ezra ButlerBoth
American politician; 11th Governor of Vermont
- Ezra DeanBoth
U.S. Congressman from Ohio
- Ezra Bartlett FrenchBoth
U.S. Congressman from Maine
- Ezra CornellBoth
American, founder of Cornell University
- Ezra StilesBoth
American, minister and president of Yale College
- Ezra Manning MeekerBoth
American pioneer
- Ezra Hervey HeywoodBoth
American abolitionist and suffragist
- Ezra Taft BensonBoth
American, former leader of the Mormon Church
- EzraBoth
biblical prophet/priest
- Ezra Michael KoenigBoth
American musician; member of "Vampire Weekend"
- Ezra KireBoth
lead singer of American punk band "Morning Glory"
- Ezra HendricksonBoth
Vincentian footballer
- Ezra Yitzhak NawiBoth
Israeli activist
- Ezra Isaac LevantBoth
Canadian media personality
- Ezra Stone (born Ezra Chaim Feinstone)Both
American actor
- Ezra HortonBoth
English footballer
- Ezra EdelmanBoth
American TV producer and director
- Ezra NahmadBoth
Lebanese billionaire art patron
- Ezra Reich (b. 1978)Both
son of composer Steve Reich and artist Beryl Korot
- Ezra JordanBoth
son of songwriters Amy Sky and Marc Jordan
- Ezra Samuel Reiser (b. 1995)Both
son of actor Paul Reiser
- Ezra Baddiel (b. 2004)Both
son of actors Morwenna Banks and David Baddiel
- Ezra Quinn (b. 2008)Both
son of actor Brandon Quinn
- Ezra Youngsma (b. 2010)Both
son of drummer Derek Youngsma of band Bleeding Through
- Jordan Ezra Hanson (b. 2002)Both
son of singer Taylor Hanson
- Leo Ezra Egan (b. 2015)Both
late son of TV chef Kelsey Nixon and Robby Egan
- Ezra FurmanBoy
lead singer of Ezra Furman and the Visions
- Ezra KeyGirl
great,granddaughter of Mick Jagger
Ezra in pop culture
- Ezra BridgerBoth
Jedi,Padawan, main protagonist on Disney's animated TV show, "Star Wars: Rebels"
- EzraBoth
main,antagonist in the Anime movie, "Space Pirate Captain Harlock"
- Ezra FitzBoth
character on "Pretty Little Liars"
- EzraBoth
main character on "Dark Intensions" and "Dark Vows"
- Ezra CohenBoth
character in George Eliot's "Daniel Deronda"
- Ezra "Mordecai" LapidophBoth
character in George Eliot's "Daniel Deronda"
- EzraBoth
character in "High School Story"
- Ezra MasonBoy
character in the "Illuminae Trilogy"
- Ezra StandishBoth
character on TV's "The Magnificent Seven"
- EzraBoth
character in "Seven Pounds"
- Ezra Ezekiel BaxterBoth
character in "The Yearling"
- EzraBoth
character in comic books by Sean O'Reilly
- EzraBoth
character in "The Haunted Mansion"
- Ezra FriedkenBoth
character in "Higher Ground"
- "Ezra"Both
a song by Flume
- "Ezra"Both
2007 movie
- Better Than EzraBoth
an American alt,rock band
- Ezra BloomBoy
character in "Imposters"
- Erza ScarletGirl
female character in the Anime, "Fairy Tail"
- Ezra MasonGirl
character in "Illuminae"