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Ezrah

#914 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Ezra

Ezrah has been given to 3,304 babies in the U.S. since 1998. In 2025 it ranked #914 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 382 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 84% boys, 16% girls all-time.

Babies named Ezrah, 2025

1 in 12,800

Ezrah over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
010020030040018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Ezrah over time

In 2025, Ezrah went to 10% girls and 90% boys.

19982025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Ezrah: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Ezra

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ezrah means

Ezrah is a variant of Ezra.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Ezrah → Ezra. The family’s meaning is “help”, recorded in the naming reference for Ezra.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Ezra.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,770 boys were recorded with the name Ezrah between 1998 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 382 in 2023; its best national rank was #696 in 2023.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,228 in 2020 to #914 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,648 in 2015 to #914 in 2025.

In the United States, 534 girls were recorded with the name Ezrah between 1998 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 45 in 2021; its best national rank was #3,457 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,567 in 2020 to #4,691 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,523 in 2015 to #4,691 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Ezrah?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 12,800
259 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 6,590
0.02% of boys
Rank, 2025
#914
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
8,873 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ezrah sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5004%

Put another way: gather 8,873 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ezrah. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ezrahs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ezrah was born before 2020 — so the typical Ezrah is around 5 today.

Median birth year
2020
About 5 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
54.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
99.4%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,770
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 54.5% of all recorded uses (1,510).

Is Ezrah rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−100
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+314
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+734
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.70×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
67.8%
Peak was 2023 (382)
Years since peak
2
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
32.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#696
2023

Spellings of Ezrah

Ezrah is not the most common spelling — Ezra is, with 88.6% against Ezrah's 2.3%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Ezrah is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Ezrah was most concentrated in New Mexico — about 1 in 4,000 boys, against 1 in 8,986 across all states with data. It was least common in Utah (1 in 33,333).

325 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New Mexico1 in 4,000
  2. 2Arizona1 in 4,762
  3. 3California1 in 5,000
  4. 4Nevada1 in 5,000
  5. 5Colorado1 in 5,263
  6. 6Texas1 in 5,882
  7. 7Washington1 in 7,143
  8. 8Florida1 in 7,692

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Ezrah is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Ezrah was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 588,887 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Ohio1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 in —
  4. 4Virginia1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ezrah has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Ezrah around the world

Where Ezrah ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2009–2025
    #1,153
    in 2025
  • France
    2017–2025
    #2,660
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2015–2024
    #1,390
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Ezrah by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#914
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 314
Best rank ever
#696
2023
Peak year
2023
382 that year
First recorded
1998
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,770
Count in 2025
259

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#4,691
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,124
Best rank ever
#3,457
2021
Peak year
2021
45 that year
First recorded
1998
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
534
Count in 2025
29

Names similar to Ezrah

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

EzrielEzranEzrenEzraelSarahEzrynEzriEzrealJorahEzrinEzraDeborahEzriahJirahIrahNorahEmrahFarahEzrianEzrakaiTerahEzraiahAzrahJarah

Names with a curve like Ezrah

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Ezrah, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

KaisenMatheoBeauxAtharvColesonEverestWestynBearKiaanRyattKarsynCartier

Sibling names for Ezrah

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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