Boys' name · since 1986
Lazarius
Lazarius has 173 recorded births since 1986 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #13,859 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,521 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 173
- born since 1986
- 2000s
- peak decade
173 babies have been named Lazarius since 1986, making it today's #12521 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lazarius has been recorded 173 times among boys since 1986, currently ranked #12521 nationally and more common than 10% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2025.
- #13,859 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,521 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 173 born since 1986
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lazarius ranks #13,859 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,521 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 173 born since 1986, peaking in the 2000s.
- #13,859 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,521 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 173
- born since 1986
- 2000s
- peak decade
Lazarius's 173 recorded births place it above 69.51% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Lazarius compares
173 35th percentile among 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
Lazarius's all-time total is 53% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lazarius | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 173 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 12 | 34 | 22,252 |
Lazarius's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Lazarius's full recorded timeline at 2004, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1986, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2011 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Lazarius popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Lazarius by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (64 births, 37% of the file).
2000s was Lazarius's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Lazarius births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
46 births
- 2000s
2000s
64 births
- 2010s
2010s
43 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 64 births (37% of all-time use).
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What to do with Lazarius's data
- Lazarius's decade-level peak was the 2000s (64 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Lazarius: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1986–2025 (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 Lazarius 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.