Unisex name · since 1998
Ezrah
2,770 babies named Ezrah in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,676 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #914 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,770
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ezrah currently ranks #914 among unisex names in America, with 2,770 babies recorded since 1998.
Ezrah has 2,770 recorded births among boys since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #914 as of the latest data, more common than 93% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #2,676 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #914 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 2,770 born since 1998
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ezrah ranks #2,676 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #914 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 2,770 born since 1998, peaking in the 2020s.
- #2,676 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #914 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,770
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ezrah's 2,770 recorded births place it above 94.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
33 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Ezrah compares
2,770 Top 18% higher than 82% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Ezrah's all-time total is 8x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ezrah | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,770 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 382 | 34 | 22,252 |
Ezrah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ezrah splits its recorded history at 2012: 89% of all births land in the more recent half, 11% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1998 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 382 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ezrah popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 382
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Ezrah popularity over time - girls
534 total births recorded since 1998 (Ezrah as girls' name)
Ezrah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,510 births, 55% of the file).
2020s was Ezrah's strongest decade.
1,510 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Ezrah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 164
2000s
164 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,090 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,510 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,510 births (55% of all-time use).
How Ezrah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Ezrah's total volume
Ezrah by state
Where Ezrah concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 516 | 18.6% |
| #2 | Texas | | 347 | 12.5% |
| #3 | Florida | | 128 | 4.6% |
| #4 | Arizona | | 75 | 2.7% |
| #5 | New York | | 72 | 2.6% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 57 | 2.1% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 54 | 1.9% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 53 | 1.9% |
516 of 2,770 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 33 reporting states.
Ezrah appears in 33 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Ezrahs (516 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1998–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ezrah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.