Ezra — #13 US boys' name
98,544 babies named Ezra in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99.9% of names given to boys today.
40% of everyone ever named Ezra was born in this single decade.
8,774 babies were named Ezra in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ezra
The Social Security Administration has registered 98,544 babies named Ezra between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ezra currently holds the #13 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 8,774 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ezra performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 39,527 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Ezra shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 13,690 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Ezra in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ezra in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 98,544 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Ezra at a glance
Top 100 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Ezra popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (2024)
- 8,774
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently a top-25 pick among boys.
98,544 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 8,774 births in a single year.
Ezra popularity over time — girls
4,676 total births recorded since 1915 (Ezra as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Ezra accounts for 5% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ezra by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 39,527 births that decade — 40% of Ezra's all-time total
Ezra decade highlights
- Peak decade 39,527 births
- Runner-up 38,635 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Ezra's strongest decade
39,527 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Ezra by state
Where Ezra concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 13,690 | 13.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 10,258 | 10.4% |
| #3 | New York | | 4,635 | 4.7% |
| #4 | Florida | | 4,246 | 4.3% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 3,020 | 3.1% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 2,909 | 3.0% |
| #7 | Washington | | 2,872 | 2.9% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 2,782 | 2.8% |
13,690 of 98,544 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 13.9% of nationwide
- Texas 10.4% of nationwide
- New York 4.7% of nationwide
- Florida 4.3% of nationwide
- Ohio 3.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 13.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Ezra appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.