Ezra is a boy's name of Hebrew and Biblical origin meaning “help.” In 2024 it was given to 8,774 boys in the United States.
Ezra belongs to the Biblical & Christian and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “help” — is the sense carried by its Hebrew and Biblical roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Ezra first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #13 in 2024, and in 2024 8,774 babies received the name — 98,544 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Ezra means “help” in its Hebrew and Biblical roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Ezra is a boy name. In 2024, 8,774 babies received the name in the US.
Ezra comes from the Biblical & Christian, English & American and Greek tradition.
Ezra first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #13 in 2024, and 8,774 babies were given the name in 2024.
Ezra is pronounced /ˈɛzɹə/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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