Ezell
Ezell was last recorded in 2024, when 6 babies were given it; 3,654 Americans have been recorded with it between 1897 and 2024 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,520 Americans named Ezell and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (42% of everyone recorded); the median is 62 years old and half are between 43 and 74.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Ezell by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Ezell?
Unranked in 2025
Its last boys’ rank on record is #11,348, in 2024; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
71 babies in 1922, the peak
Ezell peaked in 1922, when 71 babies were given it (52 boys, #982 among boys’ names). It was not recorded in 2025.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | under 5 | 6 | #11,348 | |
| 2023 | under 5 | 7 | #10,062 | |
| 2022 | under 5 | 9 | #8,514 | |
| 2020 | under 5 | 7 | #9,876 | |
| 2019 | under 5 | 5 | #12,745 | |
| 2018 | under 5 | 5 | #12,755 | |
| 2016 | under 5 | 5 | #12,815 | |
| 2014 | under 5 | 6 | #11,152 | |
| 2013 | under 5 | 6 | #11,166 | |
| 2012 | under 5 | 7 | #10,048 |
Every recorded year (120)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | under 5 | 7 | #9,958 | |
| 2010 | under 5 | 5 | #12,859 | |
| 2009 | under 5 | 6 | #11,441 | |
| 2007 | under 5 | 11 | #7,246 | |
| 2006 | under 5 | 9 | #8,210 | |
| 2005 | under 5 | 6 | #10,505 | |
| 2004 | under 5 | 9 | #7,729 | |
| 2003 | under 5 | 7 | #8,956 | |
| 2002 | under 5 | 13 | #5,500 | |
| 2001 | under 5 | 10 | #6,603 | |
| 2000 | under 5 | 10 | #6,461 | |
| 1999 | under 5 | 10 | #6,182 | |
| 1998 | under 5 | 13 | #4,961 | |
| 1997 | under 5 | 11 | #5,386 | |
| 1996 | under 5 | 18 | #3,721 | |
| 1994 | under 5 | 22 | #3,141 | |
| 1993 | under 5 | 22 | #3,075 | |
| 1992 | under 5 | 19 | #3,376 | |
| 1991 | under 5 | 16 | #3,701 | |
| 1990 | under 5 | 16 | #3,657 | |
| 1989 | under 5 | 17 | #3,355 | |
| 1988 | under 5 | 13 | #3,756 | |
| 1987 | under 5 | 14 | #3,393 | |
| 1986 | under 5 | 15 | #3,177 | |
| 1985 | under 5 | 10 | #4,143 | |
| 1984 | under 5 | 14 | #3,149 | |
| 1983 | under 5 | 10 | #3,953 | |
| 1982 | under 5 | 13 | #3,353 | |
| 1981 | under 5 | 15 | #2,940 | |
| 1980 | under 5 | 18 | #2,649 | |
| 1979 | under 5 | 20 | #2,406 | |
| 1978 | under 5 | 15 | #2,830 | |
| 1977 | under 5 | 29 | #1,800 | |
| 1976 | under 5 | 24 | #2,015 | |
| 1975 | under 5 | 25 | #1,903 | |
| 1974 | under 5 | 16 | #2,493 | |
| 1973 | under 5 | 24 | #1,837 | |
| 1972 | under 5 | 32 | #1,518 | |
| 1971 | under 5 | 30 | #1,611 | |
| 1970 | under 5 | 24 | #1,813 | |
| 1969 | under 5 | 27 | #1,576 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 21 | #1,745 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 31 | #1,374 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 36 | #1,266 | |
| 1965 | under 5 | 25 | #1,569 | |
| 1964 | under 5 | 24 | #1,626 | |
| 1963 | under 5 | 33 | #1,361 | |
| 1962 | under 5 | 26 | #1,558 | |
| 1961 | under 5 | 38 | #1,283 | |
| 1960 | under 5 | 34 | #1,369 | |
| 1959 | under 5 | 34 | #1,343 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 46 | #1,140 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 34 | #1,352 | |
| 1956 | under 5 | 31 | #1,398 | |
| 1955 | under 5 | 52 | #1,048 | |
| 1954 | 5 | #6,002 | 49 | #1,069 |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,344 | 58 | #939 |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,910 | 60 | #917 |
| 1951 | under 5 | 62 | #893 | |
| 1950 | under 5 | 50 | #981 | |
| 1949 | under 5 | 54 | #942 | |
| 1948 | under 5 | 61 | #873 | |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,808 | 53 | #976 |
| 1946 | under 5 | 45 | #1,025 | |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,191 | 39 | #1,021 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,479 | 48 | #922 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,595 | 54 | #908 |
| 1942 | 10 | #3,053 | 52 | #925 |
| 1941 | 6 | #4,110 | 40 | #1,023 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,563 | 43 | #984 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,915 | 37 | #1,058 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,999 | 50 | #890 |
| 1937 | under 5 | 47 | #914 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 52 | #846 | |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,521 | 32 | #1,175 |
| 1934 | under 5 | 42 | #991 | |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,534 | 56 | #830 |
| 1932 | 10 | #2,891 | 51 | #904 |
| 1931 | 11 | #2,632 | 49 | #926 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,786 | 57 | #877 |
| 1929 | 18 | #1,968 | 49 | #966 |
| 1928 | 16 | #2,221 | 50 | #966 |
| 1927 | 22 | #1,836 | 42 | #1,102 |
| 1926 | 13 | #2,613 | 43 | #1,073 |
| 1925 | 19 | #2,058 | 50 | #961 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,574 | 40 | #1,142 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,463 | 49 | #1,001 |
| 1922 | 19 | #2,046 | 52 | #982 |
| 1921 | 10 | #3,240 | 40 | #1,128 |
| 1920 | 17 | #2,204 | 45 | #1,039 |
| 1919 | 17 | #2,104 | 49 | #963 |
| 1918 | 20 | #1,907 | 38 | #1,115 |
| 1917 | 16 | #2,135 | 34 | #1,154 |
| 1916 | 20 | #1,756 | 35 | #1,102 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,770 | 34 | #1,108 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,493 | 35 | #939 |
| 1913 | under 5 | 30 | #903 | |
| 1912 | 12 | #1,648 | 12 | #1,450 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,843 | 16 | #840 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,536 | 10 | #1,067 |
| 1909 | under 5 | 12 | #861 | |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,940 | 5 | #1,457 |
| 1907 | under 5 | 12 | #788 | |
| 1905 | under 5 | 9 | #862 | |
| 1904 | under 5 | 6 | #1,110 | |
| 1903 | under 5 | 7 | #946 | |
| 1902 | under 5 | 6 | #1,051 | |
| 1900 | under 5 | 7 | #1,084 | |
| 1899 | under 5 | 6 | #970 | |
| 1897 | under 5 | 6 | #986 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Ezell a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 3,654 Americans recorded as Ezell, 11% are girls and 89% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Ezell: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Ezell, and how old are they?
1,520 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 42% of the 3,654 Americans ever recorded as Ezell. The median Ezell alive today is 62 years old; half are between 43 and 74.
The 2020 Census counted 1,198 people named Ezell (101 women and girls, 1,097 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,763 born in the U.S. The Census count is 32% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 194 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 563 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 349 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 222 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 132 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 56 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Ezell born?
The states with the most babies named Ezell are Mississippi, Alabama and Texas, with 65% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Mississippi and Alabama are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 475 | not ranked | 7.5× |
| Alabama | 315 | not ranked | 3.7× |
| Texas | 128 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Arkansas | 111 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| South Carolina | 102 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Georgia | 94 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Illinois | 75 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Tennessee | 66 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Louisiana | 19 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Florida | 12 | not ranked | 0.2× |
Where Ezell is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Ezell is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1910 it was given 7.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Ezell with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 4,235 babies since 1880, Ezell is the most given (86% of them). In 2025 none of their 92 babies recorded by SSA was a Ezell (SSA lists a name only with 5 or more babies of one sex).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Ezell
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Ezell and names like it
- Compare Ezell and EzelBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sEzell peaked in 1922.
- Mississippi’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Ezell since 1910.
- The top names of 1922The year the most babies were named Ezell.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Ezell alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with EMost given first.