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Boy's nameOrigin: biblicalIn Israel: steady

EzraIn Hebrew: עזרא · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: עֶזְרָאRomanization: ʿezrāʾ

Ezra (Hebrew: עזרא) is a boy's name of biblical origin. 4,837 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 42 boys and ranked #323. Its peak year was 1951, with 186 babies.

People in Israel
4,837
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
42
rank #323
Peak year
1951
186 babies
USA, 2025
8,126
rank #20

Writing and saying Ezra

In Hebrew letters the name is עזרא, read right to left. Ezra is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "ʿezrāʾ" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).

Meaning and origin

  • a male given name, equivalent to English Ezra or Esdras
  • Ezra (the fifteenth book of the Old Testament and a book of the Hebrew Tanakh)
  • Ezra (a Jewish high priest from the fifth century BC)
Variant of עֶזְרָה (“help, succor”)

Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.

Ezra by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Ezra: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Ezra in English-speaking countries

Ezra in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20258,126#202024 (8,822)
United Kingdom20251,392#412023 (1,462)
England and Wales20251,300#382023 (1,345)
Scotland202545#1112024 (57)
Northern Ireland202547#422023 (67)
Ireland202533#1512018 (38)
British Columbia202364#332022 (81)
Alberta202573#462021 (93)
Quebec202553#1272024 (60)
New South Wales2025132#582024 (145)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Ezra has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Ezra

How do you write Ezra in Hebrew?

Ezra is written עזרא in Hebrew (with vowel points: עֶזְרָא). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "ʿezrāʾ".

How many people in Israel are named Ezra?

4,837 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name עזרא: 0 women and 4,837 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Ezra a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named עזרא are men.

What does the name Ezra mean?

English Wiktionary describes it as: "a male given name, equivalent to English Ezra or Esdras" Etymology: Variant of עֶזְרָה (“help, succor”)

Is Ezra used outside Israel?

The name Ezra appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 8,126 boys were given it in 2025 (#20), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 1,392 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.