Spellings
Ezra or Ezrah?
In the US in 2025, 97% of babies in this name family were spelled Ezra and 3% Ezrah. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Ezra already led in 2015, with 98% of the family's births; it has 97% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 4,435 to 8,385 births (+89%).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ezra | 4,339 | 8,126 | +87% |
| Ezrah | 96 | 259 | ×3 |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /ˈɛzrə/ (EZ-ruh). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Ezra 430 births (#139 among boys) and Ezrah 10 births.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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