Ezra

Meaning and origin of Ezra

Popularity of Ezra in France since 1986

• It peaked in 2025.
• Over recent years, Ezra has been rising fast (+18.4% a year).
• In schools of 200 children born in those years, you would find one Ezra every 6.5 schools.

Ezra in English-speaking countries

Ezra ranks 15^th in United States, 25^th in New Zealand and 31^st in British Columbia (Canada), against 137^th in France.

• New ZealandDIA · 2023-25

  25^th boys’ name334 babies in 3 years1 boy in 147+7% a year

• Northern IrelandNISRA · 2023-25

  36^th boys’ name163 babies in 3 years1 boy in 156+7.2% a year

• British Columbia (Canada)BC Vital Statistics · 2021-23

  31^st boys’ name224 babies in 3 years1 boy in 199+9.4% a year

• United StatesSSA · 2023-25

  15^th boys’ name25,436 babies in 3 years1 boy in 202+6.3% a year

• England and WalesONS · 2023-25

  39^th boys’ name3,984 babies in 3 years1 boy in 207+5.6% a year

• Ontario (Canada)ServiceOntario · 2022-24

  59^th boys’ name554 babies in 3 years1 boy in 307+5.7% a year

• ScotlandNRS · 2023-25

  106^th boys’ name152 babies in 3 years1 boy in 394+10.1% a year

• IrelandCSO · 2023-25

  163^rd boys’ name95 babies in 3 years1 boy in 756+3.6% a year

Official figures from each country, over their latest three published years. The spellings Ezra and Ézra are counted together; other spellings are counted apart.

Same sound, other spellings

• Ézra10

Births 2023–2025. At school they sound the same: this total tells you whether your child is likely to share the name.

Names similar to Ezra

• Evan
• Haroun
• Younes
• David
• Elie
• Moussa
• Ilyes
• Ayoub
• Diego
• Noham
• Daniel
• Abel

See also

• →French names of Hebrew origin