Ezrah
- Pronunciation
- [E-zrah]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Help. 5Th Century BC Jewish Priest And Scholar Ezra Wrote Three Biblical Books And Began Compiling And Cataloging The Hebrew Scriptures That Later Formed The Old Testament.
- Origin
- Hebrew
About the Name Ezrah
Ezrah is an embellished spelling of Ezra, a Hebrew name meaning "help" with a deeply rooted scriptural heritage. The biblical Ezra was a priest and scholar credited with helping to gather and preserve the Hebrew scriptures, lending the name an enduring air of wisdom, devotion, and learning. The final -h gives this particular form a softer, slightly more ornamental finish without altering its venerable sound. It is a name that joins deep biblical heritage to a gently modern finish.
Its appeal lies in that mix of ancient gravity and gentle, modern warmth. Ezrah rides the broad revival of short, vintage Hebrew names that has swept through American nurseries, offering a personalized twist on a name already beloved for its brevity and its rich biblical resonance. It feels both timeless and freshly chosen, scholarly yet approachable — the kind of name that wears its heritage lightly. It feels both timeless and freshly chosen, scholarly yet approachable in everyday use.
Ezrah first entered the US Social Security top-1000 for boys in 2022 and reached its peak the very next year, in 2023, at rank #695. It remained on the list in 2024, at rank #814, with roughly 932 boys given this spelling across its short tracked span — a fresh, fast-arriving variant of a perennial favorite. The variant Esra is also recorded.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Ezrah
US Popularity History (2022–2025)
Annual US births named Ezrah by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2023 with 382 boys named Ezrah (boy rank #695 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #914 for boys (259 US births). That's 219 places below its 2023 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Ezrah Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Ezrah the strongest states are New Mexico, Nevada, Oregon.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Mexico | #335 | 18 |
| 2 | Nevada | #465 | 18 |
| 3 | Oregon | #514 | 21 |
| 4 | Colorado | #696 | 49 |
| 5 | Arizona | #714 | 59 |
| 6 | California | #729 | 346 |
| 7 | Wisconsin | #748 | 17 |
| 8 | Texas | #801 | 194 |
| 9 | Ohio | #809 | 41 |
| 10 | Missouri | #830 | 17 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indiana | #893 | 24 |
| 2 | Florida | #869 | 67 |
| 3 | Washington | #857 | 34 |
| 4 | Missouri | #830 | 17 |
| 5 | Ohio | #809 | 41 |
| 6 | Texas | #801 | 194 |
| 7 | Wisconsin | #748 | 17 |
| 8 | California | #729 | 346 |
| 9 | Arizona | #714 | 59 |
| 10 | Colorado | #696 | 49 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Ezrah in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Esra | Help. 5Th Century BC Jewish Priest And Scholar Ezra Wrote Three Biblical Books And Began Compiling And Cataloging The Hebrew Scriptures That Later Formed The Old Testament. | Male | Hebrew |
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Compare Ezrah to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Ezrah against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).