Ezra
Boy · EZ-ra · Hebrew
Ezra is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “help”. In 2025 it ranked 41st for boys in the UK (1,392 babies) and 20th for boys in the US (8,126 babies).
What does Ezra mean?
Hebrew
“help”
In the Bible, Ezra is the scribe and priest who led Jewish exiles back from Babylon to Jerusalem.
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- EZ-ra
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Is Ezra a girl's or a boy's name?
Ezra is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 20 girls and 1,392 boys in the UK and 327 girls and 8,126 boys in the US.
How popular is Ezra in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #41among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,392about 1 in 220 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 6.3%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,392 boys in the UK were named Ezra, making it the 41st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 58th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 1,462 boys. 20 girls were also named Ezra in 2025 (1,570th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Ezra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 38th in England and Wales, 111th in Scotland and 42nd in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2024 (#38).
Ezra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,392 | #41 |
| 2024 | 1,445 | #40 |
| 2023 | 1,462 | #41 |
| 2022 | 1,330 | #46 |
| 2021 | 1,323 | #54 |
| 2020 | 1,188 | #58 |
| 2019 | 1,188 | #60 |
| 2018 | 1,193 | #59 |
| 2017 | 902 | #86 |
| 2016 | 836 | #96 |
| 2015 | 542 | #127 |
| 2014 | 281 | #226 |
| 2013 | 159 | #309 |
| 2012 | 124 | #390 |
| 2011 | 88 | #473 |
| 2010 | 97 | #438 |
| 2009 | 77 | #509 |
| 2008 | 75 | #516 |
| 2007 | 59 | #577 |
| 2006 | 50 | #631 |
| 2005 | 45 | #648 |
| 2004 | 34 | #746 |
| 2003 | 38 | #646 |
| 2002 | 25 | #821 |
| 2001 | 20 | #913 |
| 2000 | 42 | #531 |
| 1999 | 33 | #611 |
| 1998 | 32 | #620 |
| 1997 | 31 | #611 |
| 1996 | 25 | #677 |
How popular is Ezra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #20among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8,126about 1 in 210 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 6.5%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8,126 boys in the US were named Ezra, making it the 20th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 44th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 8,822 boys. 327 girls were also named Ezra in 2025 (833rd for girls).
Half of all the boys named Ezra in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ezra in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8,126 | #20 |
| 2024 | 8,822 | #13 |
| 2023 | 8,488 | #15 |
| 2022 | 8,023 | #25 |
| 2021 | 7,438 | #37 |
| 2020 | 6,831 | #44 |
| 2019 | 6,552 | #49 |
| 2018 | 6,048 | #59 |
| 2017 | 5,349 | #69 |
| 2016 | 4,882 | #85 |
| 2015 | 4,339 | #93 |
| 2014 | 3,424 | #118 |
| 2013 | 2,757 | #142 |
| 2012 | 2,090 | #183 |
| 2011 | 1,760 | #203 |
| 2010 | 1,449 | #241 |
| 2009 | 1,344 | #258 |
| 2008 | 1,165 | #291 |
| 2007 | 952 | #336 |
| 2006 | 914 | #340 |
| 2005 | 856 | #346 |
| 2004 | 733 | #377 |
| 2003 | 651 | #400 |
| 2002 | 571 | #436 |
| 2001 | 574 | #426 |
| 2000 | 566 | #430 |
| 1999 | 460 | #483 |
| 1998 | 451 | #483 |
| 1997 | 355 | #551 |
| 1996 | 338 | #552 |
| 1995 | 259 | #646 |
| 1994 | 227 | #692 |
| 1993 | 223 | #690 |
| 1992 | 178 | #781 |
| 1991 | 184 | #747 |
| 1990 | 179 | #756 |
| 1989 | 188 | #719 |
| 1988 | 202 | #667 |
| 1987 | 199 | #646 |
| 1986 | 163 | #705 |
| 1985 | 173 | #674 |
| 1984 | 152 | #708 |
| 1983 | 144 | #719 |
| 1982 | 179 | #647 |
| 1981 | 188 | #623 |
| 1980 | 167 | #670 |
| 1979 | 156 | #682 |
| 1978 | 150 | #683 |
| 1977 | 158 | #672 |
| 1976 | 149 | #674 |
| 1975 | 145 | #684 |
| 1974 | 123 | #732 |
| 1973 | 121 | #728 |
| 1972 | 103 | #788 |
| 1971 | 96 | #822 |
| 1970 | 70 | #959 |
| 1969 | 73 | #893 |
| 1968 | 55 | #996 |
| 1967 | 52 | #1,003 |
| 1966 | 57 | #961 |
| 1965 | 59 | #957 |
| 1964 | 45 | #1,146 |
| 1963 | 67 | #910 |
| 1962 | 57 | #1,012 |
| 1961 | 61 | #989 |
| 1960 | 62 | #963 |
| 1959 | 60 | #992 |
| 1958 | 60 | #977 |
| 1957 | 70 | #907 |
| 1956 | 73 | #873 |
| 1955 | 70 | #884 |
| 1954 | 58 | #972 |
| 1953 | 76 | #824 |
| 1952 | 57 | #938 |
| 1951 | 78 | #798 |
| 1950 | 75 | #787 |
| 1949 | 66 | #841 |
| 1948 | 56 | #922 |
| 1947 | 59 | #905 |
| 1946 | 52 | #925 |
| 1945 | 51 | #884 |
| 1944 | 64 | #782 |
| 1943 | 59 | #869 |
| 1942 | 59 | #851 |
| 1941 | 48 | #918 |
| 1940 | 60 | #802 |
| 1939 | 50 | #867 |
| 1938 | 51 | #869 |
| 1937 | 73 | #700 |
| 1936 | 98 | #581 |
| 1935 | 78 | #678 |
| 1934 | 106 | #574 |
| 1933 | 88 | #617 |
| 1932 | 82 | #674 |
| 1931 | 84 | #650 |
| 1930 | 109 | #572 |
| 1929 | 106 | #580 |
| 1928 | 117 | #567 |
| 1927 | 114 | #579 |
| 1926 | 139 | #512 |
| 1925 | 133 | #533 |
| 1924 | 143 | #527 |
| 1923 | 166 | #473 |
| 1922 | 149 | #506 |
| 1921 | 164 | #480 |
| 1920 | 142 | #511 |
| 1919 | 143 | #497 |
| 1918 | 142 | #500 |
| 1917 | 140 | #486 |
| 1916 | 153 | #455 |
| 1915 | 135 | #475 |
| 1914 | 107 | #466 |
| 1913 | 84 | #472 |
| 1912 | 89 | #412 |
| 1911 | 46 | #426 |
| 1910 | 42 | #415 |
| 1909 | 30 | #462 |
| 1908 | 25 | #499 |
| 1907 | 31 | #405 |
| 1906 | 31 | #387 |
| 1905 | 32 | #365 |
| 1904 | 34 | #344 |
| 1903 | 33 | #330 |
| 1902 | 26 | #388 |
| 1901 | 20 | #422 |
| 1900 | 42 | #330 |
| 1899 | 25 | #362 |
| 1898 | 40 | #288 |
| 1897 | 43 | #272 |
| 1896 | 45 | #270 |
| 1895 | 45 | #266 |
| 1894 | 44 | #261 |
| 1893 | 38 | #283 |
| 1892 | 44 | #270 |
| 1891 | 38 | #260 |
| 1890 | 43 | #259 |
| 1889 | 33 | #294 |
| 1888 | 32 | #314 |
| 1887 | 33 | #289 |
| 1886 | 39 | #272 |
| 1885 | 24 | #355 |
| 1884 | 43 | #259 |
| 1883 | 28 | #309 |
| 1882 | 41 | #267 |
| 1881 | 44 | #229 |
| 1880 | 39 | #270 |
Nicknames for Ezra
- Ez
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