Boys' name · since 1947
Eliezer
Eliezer has 8,164 recorded births since 1947 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,362 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #894 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,164
- born since 1947
- 2010s
- peak decade
8,164 babies have been named Eliezer since 1947, making it today's #894 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eliezer has been recorded 8,164 times among boys since 1947, currently ranked #894 nationally and more common than 94% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1947 to 2025.
- #1,362 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #894 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 8,164 born since 1947
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Eliezer ranks #1,362 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #894 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 8,164 born since 1947, peaking in the 2010s.
- #1,362 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #894 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 8,164
- born since 1947
- 2010s
- peak decade
Eliezer's 8,164 recorded births place it above 97% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
16 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Eliezer compares
8,164 Top 10% higher than 90% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Eliezer's all-time total is 22x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Eliezer | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 8,164 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 266 | 34 | 22,252 |
Eliezer's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Eliezer splits its recorded history at 1987: 81% of all births land in the more recent half, 19% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1950 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 266 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Eliezer popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1947–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 266
- Annual births at peak, across 79 years of records
Eliezer popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 2025 (Eliezer as girls' name)
Eliezer by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (2,010 births, 25% of the file).
2010s was Eliezer's strongest decade.
2,010 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Eliezer births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 18
1940s
18 births
- 1950s 153
1950s
153 births
- 1960s 250
1960s
250 births
- 1970s 524
1970s
524 births
- 1980s
1980s
943 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,188 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,723 births
- 2010s
2010s
2,010 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,355 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 2,010 births (25% of all-time use).
How Eliezer compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Eliezer's total volume
Eliezer by state
Where Eliezer concentrates geographically, total births since 1947
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 3,180 | 39.0% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 1,170 | 14.3% |
| #3 | California | | 510 | 6.2% |
| #4 | Florida | | 405 | 5.0% |
| #5 | Texas | | 389 | 4.8% |
| #6 | Massachusetts | | 257 | 3.1% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 197 | 2.4% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 121 | 1.5% |
3,180 of 8,164 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Eliezer appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Eliezer's data
- Eliezer's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (2,010 total births) through the 2020s (1,355) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New York records the most Eliezers (3,180 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Eliezer: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~78 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1947–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Eliezer draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.