Ezell
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- eh-ZEL
Ezell is a boys' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Ezell come from?
American surname of uncertain origin
Is Ezell a girl's or a boy's name?
Ezell is a boys' name.
How popular is Ezell in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1951, with 62 boys. It first appears in the records in 1897.
Half of all the boys named Ezell in the US since 1880 were born between 1929 and 1965, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1954, 9% of the babies named Ezell in the US were girls.
Ezell in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 22 | #3,103 |
| 1993 | 22 | #3,036 |
| 1992 | 19 | #3,331 |
| 1991 | 16 | #3,629 |
| 1990 | 16 | #3,601 |
| 1989 | 17 | #3,319 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,334 |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,128 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 14 | #3,105 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1980 | 18 | #2,616 |
| 1979 | 20 | #2,378 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,798 |
| 1977 | 29 | #1,780 |
| 1976 | 24 | #1,998 |
| 1975 | 25 | #1,883 |
| 1974 | 16 | #2,457 |
| 1973 | 24 | #1,817 |
| 1972 | 32 | #1,508 |
| 1971 | 30 | #1,596 |
| 1970 | 24 | #1,793 |
| 1969 | 27 | #1,569 |
| 1968 | 21 | #1,730 |
| 1967 | 31 | #1,363 |
| 1966 | 36 | #1,258 |
| 1965 | 25 | #1,558 |
| 1964 | 24 | #1,614 |
| 1963 | 33 | #1,353 |
| 1962 | 26 | #1,545 |
| 1961 | 38 | #1,278 |
| 1960 | 34 | #1,358 |
| 1959 | 34 | #1,336 |
| 1958 | 46 | #1,130 |
| 1957 | 34 | #1,344 |
| 1956 | 31 | #1,384 |
| 1955 | 52 | #1,046 |
| 1954 | 49 | #1,067 |
| 1953 | 58 | #938 |
| 1952 | 60 | #914 |
| 1951 | 62 | #891 |
| 1950 | 50 | #976 |
| 1949 | 54 | #941 |
| 1948 | 61 | #871 |
| 1947 | 53 | #974 |
| 1946 | 45 | #1,019 |
| 1945 | 39 | #1,015 |
| 1944 | 48 | #918 |
| 1943 | 54 | #908 |
| 1942 | 52 | #923 |
| 1941 | 40 | #1,019 |
| 1940 | 43 | #982 |
| 1939 | 37 | #1,052 |
| 1938 | 50 | #883 |
| 1937 | 47 | #906 |
| 1936 | 52 | #844 |
| 1935 | 32 | #1,165 |
| 1934 | 42 | #982 |
| 1933 | 56 | #824 |
| 1932 | 51 | #902 |
| 1931 | 49 | #922 |
| 1930 | 57 | #873 |
| 1929 | 49 | #960 |
| 1928 | 50 | #963 |
| 1927 | 42 | #1,098 |
| 1926 | 43 | #1,064 |
| 1925 | 50 | #956 |
| 1924 | 40 | #1,133 |
| 1923 | 49 | #992 |
| 1922 | 52 | #977 |
| 1921 | 40 | #1,122 |
| 1920 | 45 | #1,035 |
| 1919 | 49 | #959 |
| 1918 | 38 | #1,112 |
| 1917 | 34 | #1,152 |
| 1916 | 35 | #1,096 |
| 1915 | 34 | #1,100 |
| 1914 | 35 | #933 |
| 1913 | 30 | #897 |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,416 |
| 1911 | 16 | #823 |
| 1910 | 10 | #1,044 |
| 1909 | 12 | #840 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,372 |
| 1907 | 12 | #778 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 9 | #836 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,063 |
| 1903 | 7 | #910 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,012 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,049 |
| 1899 | 6 | #927 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 6 | #941 |
Names like Ezell
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Russell, Edward, Robert, William, Richard, Thomas, Paul, Joseph, James, Raymond, Edwin, Lawrence
Names related to Ezell
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, “Ezell: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ezell, updated 20 October 2026.