Gender: Boy
Meaning: Help and strength — a name of quiet power
Origin: Hebrew — from Ezra (עֶזְרָא), from azar (to help)
Popularity: Ranked #13 in 2024 with 8,774 babies born.
History: Ezra was a Jewish priest and scribe in the Old Testament who led the restoration of Jewish law after the Babylonian exile — a figure of scholarship and renewal. In the English-speaking world the name was used by Puritans and most famously by the poet Ezra Pound, one of the most influential modernist writers of the 20th century. After decades of quiet use, Ezra surged into the U.S. top 25 in the 2010s, fitting perfectly into the trend for short, ancient, slightly unexpected biblical names with serious literary and cultural weight.
Famous people named Ezra: Ezra Miller (actor), Ezra Pound (poet), Ezra Bridger (Star Wars)
Name length: 4 letters
How common is Ezra? About 1 in 363 babies born in 2024 were named Ezra, or roughly 25.1 per day in the United States.
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