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Ezelio vs Ezell

American parents have registered 3,654 Ezells since 1880, against 76 Ezelios. But in 2025 it was Ezelio that was commoner, 23 babies to fewer than five.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Ezelio against Ezell, 1880 to 2025 0 20 40 60 80 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Ezelio Ezell

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 121 years in which either name was published, Ezell for 119 years and Ezelio for 2 years. The lead changed hands once.

Side by side

  Ezelio Ezell
Total US births 763,654
Most in one year 5371
Babies in 2025 23under 5
Estimated living today 801,600
Median age today 161
Peak year 20241951
Best rank 2,527th boys892nd boys
Rank in 2025 4,396thunranked
First recorded 20241897
Girls / boys 0 / 76411 / 3,243

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Ezells alive today are over 61; half the Ezelios are over 1. That is 60 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Ezelio and Ezell.