first name
EZRA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 52,906 people named Ezra, 53.2% reported their origin as White, 25% as Hispanic or Latino and 9.7% as Black. 95.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Ezra peaked in 2024, when 9,222 babies got the name.
At least 111,768 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Ezra by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #29. The largest share of babies named Ezra, 76%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Ezra is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ezra has been most common in Nevada (3×), Alaska (2.4×), and Arizona (2.3×), and least common in Mississippi (0.41×).
104,539 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Ezra
Spelled almost the same
2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ezra, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Ezra ranks #33,375 of 156,621, with 735 people. See Ezra as a last name
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