Ezrah

What Ezrah means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Ezrah yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1998, with 6 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Ezrah?

US: Rising: up from #1646 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #2319 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2023, when 382 boys got the name (#695 that year). First in the US records in 1998.

How common

• About 1 in 6,595 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 10,877 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in AZ (0.4 per 1,000 boys), CA (0.26 per 1,000 boys), CO (0.26 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Ezrah is #913 in the US and #1153 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 89.9% of US babies named Ezrah were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Ezra8,126 US · 1,300 E&W
• Ezri19 US · 19 E&W
• Azra20 US
• Azrah7 US
• Izra7 US
• Aezra5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Ezrah

Boys

• Axel#79Editor’s note Up from #123 in 2015 to #79 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 410 US boys in the 2025 records
• Leonardo#91Italian, from Old French Leonard, meaning “as strong as a lion”^*
• Kohen#295Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #295 vs #896 in 2025
• Luca#14Form of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Julian#25“Roman personal name”^*
• Malakai#213Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #491 in 2015, #213 in 2025

For a sister

• Emersyn#138Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #138 vs #3,705 in 2025
• Gia#287Editor’s note Up from #372 in 2015 to #287 in 2025 in the US
• Myla#210Editor’s note Up from #335 in 2015 to #210 in 2025 in the US
• Elliana#139Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #301 in 2015, #139 in 2025
• Ellie#24Editor’s note Up from #48 in 2015 to #24 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 260 US girls in the 2025 records
• Leilani#60Hawaiian, meaning “a lei; a child + heavenly, royal”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Ezrah’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.