NameTides

Ezra

Ezra was the #20 boys' name in the US in 2025 (8,126 babies), and #38 in England & Wales and #54 in Canada.

Ezra as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Ezra as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandEngland & WalesUSCanadaScotlandIreland
Ezra as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#20 (8,126)#38 (1,300)#111 (45)#42 (47)#156 (33)#54 (459)#58 (132)#69 (104)
2024#13 (8,822)#38 (1,339)#91 (57)#42 (49)#162 (31)#47 (494)#48 (145)#85 (92)
2023#15 (8,488)#38 (1,345)#105 (50)#23 (67)#166 (31)#61 (436)#62 (121)#63 (95)
2022#25 (8,023)#46 (1,217)#105 (53)#35 (60)#170 (32)#51 (488)#81 (106)#72 (95)
2021#37 (7,438)#51 (1,226)#108 (52)#63 (45)#168 (32)#55 (510)#87 (105)#91 (81)
2020#44 (6,831)#59 (1,105)#149 (35)#57 (48)#158 (35)#71 (428)—#79 (89)
2019#49 (6,552)#60 (1,105)#152 (37)#70 (46)#268 (17)#88 (398)#94 (96)#81 (94)
2018#59 (6,048)#59 (1,118)#162 (33)#72 (42)#157 (38)#89 (387)——
2017#69 (5,349)#81 (827)#163 (36)#78 (39)#214 (26)#118 (326)——
2016#85 (4,882)#91 (763)#162 (36)#88 (37)#237 (21)#132 (315)——
2015#93 (4,339)#127 (502)#264 (16)#126 (24)#459 (7)#169 (224)——
2014#118 (3,424)#213 (266)#399 (8)#264 (7)#325 (13)#200 (195)——
2013#142 (2,757)#295 (151)#590 (4)#343 (4)#448 (7)#226 (157)——
2012#183 (2,090)#359 (120)#568 (4)——#267 (126)——
2011#203 (1,760)#441 (86)———#277 (116)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #13.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 210 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 5. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 210common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 210common
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 440common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 180very common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 720common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 350common

Next year

On its recent trend, Ezra is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 190 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 170 to 1 in 210.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ezra by state, 2025Alaska: #35AKMaine: #44MEWisconsin: #54WIVermont: #64VTNew Hampshire: #88NHWashington: #15WAIdaho: #31IDMontana: #38MTNorth Dakota: #61NDMinnesota: #36MNIllinois: #39ILMichigan: #23MINew York: #44NYMassachusetts: #50MAOregon: #12ORNevada: #14NVWyoming: #6WYSouth Dakota: #15SDIowa: #32IAIndiana: #16INOhio: #32OHPennsylvania: #46PANew Jersey: #69NJConnecticut: #76CTRhode Island: #61RICalifornia: #14CAUtah: #21UTColorado: #13CONebraska: #39NEMissouri: #32MOKentucky: #23KYWest Virginia: #54WVVirginia: #16VAMaryland: #40MDDelaware: #55DEArizona: #10AZNew Mexico: #7NMKansas: #20KSArkansas: #24ARTennessee: #23TNNorth Carolina: #17NCSouth Carolina: #32SCDistrict of Columbia: #43DCOklahoma: #12OKLouisiana: #21LAMississippi: #108MSAlabama: #42ALGeorgia: #15GAHawaii: #14HITexas: #11TXFlorida: #24FL
Ezra (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#55198
Quebec2025#12753

Ezra (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
EzraCanadaGirls#1,88212
EzraCanadaBoys#54459
EzraEngland & WalesGirls#1,51220
EzraEngland & WalesBoys#381,300
EzraIrelandGirls—too few
EzraIrelandBoys#15633
EzraNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
EzraNorthern IrelandBoys#4247
EzraNSWBoys#58132
EzraScotlandGirls—too few
EzraScotlandBoys#11145
EzraUSGirls#833327
EzraUSBoys#208,126
EzraVICBoys#69104