Ezana
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- eh-ZAH-na
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,248 for boys
Ezana is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 4,248th for boys in the US (24 babies).
What does Ezana mean?
Ge'ez name of an ancient Ethiopian king
King Ezana of Aksum made Christianity the religion of his Ethiopian kingdom in the 4th century.
Is Ezana a girl's or a boy's name?
Ezana is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 24 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ezana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,747th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Ezana, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ezana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Ezana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
How popular is Ezana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,248th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 71,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the US were named Ezana, making it the 4,248th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,731st. Its busiest year was 2019, with 39 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the boys named Ezana in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ezana in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #4,248 |
| 2024 | 27 | #3,984 |
| 2023 | 24 | #4,339 |
| 2022 | 31 | #3,615 |
| 2021 | 33 | #3,424 |
| 2020 | 28 | #3,731 |
| 2019 | 39 | #3,050 |
| 2018 | 36 | #3,168 |
| 2017 | 38 | #3,070 |
| 2016 | 32 | #3,440 |
| 2015 | 35 | #3,230 |
| 2014 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 30 | #3,527 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
Names like Ezana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Eesa, Mustafa, Muhammad, Luca, Hamza, Huzaifa, Zakariya, Ibrahim, Ezra, Abdullah, Yahya
Names related to Ezana
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Ezana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ezana, updated 20 October 2026.