Erez
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EH-rez
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Erez is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “cedar”. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Erez mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew word
“cedar”
The Hebrew word for the cedar tree, a symbol of strength in the Bible.
Is Erez a girl's or a boy's name?
Erez is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Erez in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,140th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Erez, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1969.
2025 had more boys named Erez than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Erez in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Erez in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #5,225 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
Names like Erez
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Marquez, Thiago, Luca, Ezra, Boaz, Ares, Cruz, Josue, Moses, Azriel, Eliaz, Sawyer
Names related to Erez
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Erez: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/erez, updated 20 October 2026.