Eleazar
Eleazar was given to 189 boys in 2025, #1,128 among boys’ names; 6,158 Americans have been recorded with it since 1919 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,650 Americans named Eleazar and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (92% of everyone recorded); the median is 21 years old and half are between 9 and 35.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Eleazar by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Eleazar mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Eleazar is “a male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.” Its etymology gives the sense “God has helped” (אֶלְעָזָר).
Borrowed from Hebrew אֶלְעָזָר ('El’azár, “God has helped”). Doublet of Lazarus.
/ˈɛləˌzɑɹ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Eleazar?
#1,128 among boys’ names, 2025
Eleazar rose from #1,361 in 2015 to #1,128 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.07 to 0.11 per 1,000.
195 babies in 2023, the peak
Eleazar peaked in 2023, when 195 boys were given it, #1,097 among boys’ names. The 189 births of 2025 are 97% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 189 | #1,128 | 0.11 |
| 2024 | 183 | #1,145 | 0.11 |
| 2023 | 195 | #1,097 | 0.11 |
| 2022 | 181 | #1,147 | 0.10 |
| 2021 | 170 | #1,165 | 0.10 |
| 2020 | 171 | #1,142 | 0.10 |
| 2019 | 142 | #1,302 | 0.08 |
| 2018 | 144 | #1,278 | 0.08 |
| 2017 | 159 | #1,178 | 0.09 |
| 2016 | 131 | #1,360 | 0.07 |
Every recorded year (104)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 128 | #1,361 | 0.07 |
| 2014 | 125 | #1,366 | 0.07 |
| 2013 | 121 | #1,388 | 0.06 |
| 2012 | 107 | #1,503 | 0.06 |
| 2011 | 90 | #1,670 | 0.05 |
| 2010 | 96 | #1,629 | 0.05 |
| 2009 | 104 | #1,564 | 0.05 |
| 2008 | 122 | #1,394 | 0.06 |
| 2007 | 115 | #1,414 | 0.06 |
| 2006 | 145 | #1,163 | 0.07 |
| 2005 | 109 | #1,373 | 0.05 |
| 2004 | 133 | #1,173 | 0.07 |
| 2003 | 99 | #1,367 | 0.05 |
| 2002 | 97 | #1,357 | 0.05 |
| 2001 | 111 | #1,208 | 0.06 |
| 2000 | 110 | #1,219 | 0.06 |
| 1999 | 84 | #1,395 | 0.04 |
| 1998 | 95 | #1,270 | 0.05 |
| 1997 | 104 | #1,164 | 0.06 |
| 1996 | 91 | #1,225 | 0.05 |
| 1995 | 105 | #1,110 | 0.06 |
| 1994 | 85 | #1,265 | 0.04 |
| 1993 | 94 | #1,152 | 0.05 |
| 1992 | 81 | #1,252 | 0.04 |
| 1991 | 99 | #1,094 | 0.05 |
| 1990 | 69 | #1,335 | 0.03 |
| 1989 | 69 | #1,318 | 0.03 |
| 1988 | 71 | #1,203 | 0.04 |
| 1987 | 47 | #1,511 | 0.03 |
| 1986 | 64 | #1,193 | 0.03 |
| 1985 | 60 | #1,232 | 0.03 |
| 1984 | 51 | #1,301 | 0.03 |
| 1983 | 61 | #1,158 | 0.03 |
| 1982 | 51 | #1,310 | 0.03 |
| 1981 | 62 | #1,170 | 0.03 |
| 1980 | 54 | #1,262 | 0.03 |
| 1979 | 38 | #1,541 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 44 | #1,400 | 0.03 |
| 1977 | 47 | #1,323 | 0.03 |
| 1976 | 37 | #1,474 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 38 | #1,438 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 40 | #1,357 | 0.03 |
| 1973 | 42 | #1,280 | 0.03 |
| 1972 | 37 | #1,394 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 27 | #1,720 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 30 | #1,554 | 0.02 |
| 1969 | 36 | #1,332 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 25 | #1,591 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 22 | #1,675 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 26 | #1,520 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 34 | #1,319 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 23 | #1,669 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 30 | #1,434 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 26 | #1,556 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 21 | #1,787 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 28 | #1,531 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 25 | #1,601 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 24 | #1,605 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 20 | #1,806 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 19 | #1,848 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 13 | #2,245 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 28 | #1,444 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 19 | #1,782 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,028 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 16 | #1,927 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 17 | #1,835 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 17 | #1,840 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 20 | #1,669 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 23 | #1,568 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,185 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 14 | #1,874 | 0.01 |
| 1944 | 16 | #1,760 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,099 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,420 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 11 | #2,240 | 0.01 |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,943 | 0.01 |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,913 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,673 | under 0.01 |
| 1937 | 14 | #1,930 | 0.01 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,215 | 0.01 |
| 1935 | 9 | #2,586 | 0.01 |
| 1934 | 19 | #1,624 | 0.02 |
| 1933 | 8 | #2,803 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 14 | #2,030 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,335 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,692 | 0.02 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,549 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 13 | #2,327 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 9 | #2,971 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 10 | #2,806 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,402 | under 0.01 |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,977 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,046 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,338 | 0.01 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Eleazar a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Eleazar has been given almost only to boys: 7 girls in 104 years of records.
Girls and boys named Eleazar: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Eleazar, and how old are they?
5,650 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 92% of the 6,158 Americans ever recorded as Eleazar. The median Eleazar alive today is 21 years old; half are between 9 and 35.
The 2020 Census counted 8,971 people named Eleazar (430 women and girls, 8,541 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 4,719 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1.9 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 39 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 267 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 512 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,110 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,690 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,020 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Eleazar born?
The states with the most babies named Eleazar are Texas, California and Florida, with 67% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 46 | #652 | 3.9× |
| California | 30 | #815 | 1.6× |
| Florida | 12 | #1,077 | 0.8× |
| Washington | 9 | #701 | 0.5× |
| Illinois | 8 | #961 | 0.3× |
| New York | 7 | #1,459 | 0.2× |
| Georgia | 5 | #1,405 | 0.3× |
| Virginia | 5 | #1,137 | 0.2× |
| Oregon | 5 | #639 | 0.1× |
| South Carolina | 5 | #780 | 0.1× |
Where Eleazar is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Eleazar is most over-represented in Texas: since 1919 it was given 3.9 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Eleazar with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 6 names spelled alike, given to 9,215 babies since 1880, Eleazar is the most given (67% of them). In 2025 it was given to 189 of their 271 babies (70%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Eleazar
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Eleazar and names like it
- Compare Eleazar and EliazarBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sEleazar peaked in 2023.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Eleazar since 1910.
- Hebrew namesWiktionary’s origin for Eleazar: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2023The year the most babies were named Eleazar.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Eleazar alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with EMost given first.