Elazar — #4603 US boys' name
590 babies named Elazar in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 68% of names given to boys today.
33% of everyone ever named Elazar was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Elazar in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Elazar
The Social Security Administration has registered 590 babies named Elazar between 1973 and 2024, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Elazar currently holds the #4603 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Elazar performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 193 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Elazar shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 175 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Elazar in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Elazar in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 590 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Elazar at a glance
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Current rank
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Elazar popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1973
- Peak year (2003)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 52 years of records
Currently ranks #4603 among boys.
590 total births across 52 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 26 births in a single year.
Elazar by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 193 births that decade — 33% of Elazar's all-time total
Elazar decade highlights
- Peak decade 193 births
- Runner-up 183 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Elazar's strongest decade
193 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Elazar by state
Where Elazar concentrates geographically — total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 175 | 29.7% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 111 | 18.8% |
175 of 590 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 29.7% of nationwide
- New Jersey 18.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 29.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1973–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.