Cosima vs Ezra
Cosima and Ezracompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.
Head to head
Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.
England and Wales · Girls
In 2025, Cosima was ranked #1454 and Ezra #1512 among girls in England and Wales.
Cosima and Ezra over time
Cosima and Ezra appear together in 1 published list, across 20 years of shared records. Ezra held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Cosima in 0.
In none of those lists did their order change and stay changed.
Ezra reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Cosima in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.
Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.
How this pair is related
The relationship kinds these two qualify for, each under its own stated rule. Every one is drawn from a list they both appear in.
- Repeatedly exchanged positions
Cosima and Ezra changed places 4 times in England and Wales · Girls between 1997 and 2025, ending at #1454 and #1512.
- Peaked in the same years
Both reached their highest recorded position in England and Wales · Girls within 2 years — Cosima #1326 in 2022, Ezra #983 in 2021.
List by list
England and Wales · Girls20 shared years, 1997–2025
Cosima held the stronger position in 8 of those years, Ezra in 11.
Highest recorded here: Cosima #1326 in 2022, Ezra #983 in 2021.
The order between them never changed and held in this list.
Most recent shared year, 2025: Cosima #1454, Ezra #1512.
Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.
Side by side
| Field | Cosima | Ezra |
|---|---|---|
| Record type | Official statistical record (evidence-only) | Editorially researched profile |
| Gender usage | female | male |
| Meaning | Not yet recorded | Commonly interpreted as 'help', with a fuller theophoric sense 'God has helped'. |
| Origin | Not yet recorded | Biblical Hebrew |
| Pronunciation | Not yet recorded | /ˈɛzrə/ |
| Syllables | 3 | 2 |
| Common variants / nicknames | Not yet recorded | Not yet recorded |
| Recorded regional usage | GB-ENW | AU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NZ |
| Most recent popularity observation | England and Wales · Girls #1454 (2025) | England and Wales · Boys #38 (2025) |
| Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score) | Not yet recorded | 90/100 |
| Spelling simplicity (demonstration score) | 88/100 | 95/100 |
| International familiarity (demonstration score) | 40/100 | 100/100 |
| Data Confidence | medium | medium |
What the data shows
- Ezra has a recorded origin (Biblical Hebrew); Cosima does not have one recorded yet.
- Cosima has 3 syllables, compared with 2 for Ezra.
- A meaning is recorded for Ezra; Cosima doesn't have one written yet.
- Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW.
How each name got here
Cosima
Popularity journey
First recorded1996
First recorded at #2350 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2025
Highest recorded position: #1305 among girls in England and Wales, in 2001 (recorded 1996–2025).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #1454 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls
Ezra
Popularity journey
First recorded1996
First recorded at #633 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2013–2024
Highest recorded position: #23 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 2023 (recorded 2013–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #1512 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls