Lazarus
Lazarus was given to 185 boys in 2025, #1,143 among boys’ names; 4,043 Americans have been recorded with it since 1882 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,640 Americans named Lazarus and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (90% of everyone recorded); the median is 13 years old and half are between 6 and 26.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lazarus by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lazarus mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Lazarus is “a male given name from Hebrew.” Its etymology gives the sense “God has helped” (meaning).
From Late Latin Lazarus, from Koine Greek Λᾱ́ζᾱρος (Lā́zāros), the given name of Biblical figures mentioned in Luke 16 and John 12, from Biblical Hebrew אֶלְעָזָר ('El’azár), a given name shared by various people in the Hebrew Bible and literally meaning “God has helped”. Doublet of Eleazar.
/ˈlæzəɹəs/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lazarus?
#1,143 among boys’ names, 2025
Lazarus rose from #1,436 in 2015 to #1,143 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 0.06 to 0.11 per 1,000.
185 babies in 2025, the peak
Lazarus peaked in 2025, when 185 boys were given it, #1,143 among boys’ names. In 2024 it went to 145 boys.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 185 | #1,143 | 0.11 |
| 2024 | 145 | #1,329 | 0.08 |
| 2023 | 134 | #1,387 | 0.08 |
| 2022 | 146 | #1,302 | 0.08 |
| 2021 | 172 | #1,159 | 0.10 |
| 2020 | 144 | #1,276 | 0.08 |
| 2019 | 139 | #1,317 | 0.08 |
| 2018 | 153 | #1,220 | 0.08 |
| 2017 | 152 | #1,210 | 0.08 |
| 2016 | 134 | #1,334 | 0.07 |
Every recorded year (114)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 119 | #1,436 | 0.06 |
| 2014 | 124 | #1,382 | 0.06 |
| 2013 | 112 | #1,473 | 0.06 |
| 2012 | 87 | #1,734 | 0.05 |
| 2011 | 74 | #1,896 | 0.04 |
| 2010 | 79 | #1,848 | 0.04 |
| 2009 | 75 | #1,918 | 0.04 |
| 2008 | 78 | #1,867 | 0.04 |
| 2007 | 77 | #1,871 | 0.04 |
| 2006 | 80 | #1,752 | 0.04 |
| 2005 | 55 | #2,196 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 55 | #2,146 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 74 | #1,678 | 0.04 |
| 2002 | 74 | #1,625 | 0.04 |
| 2001 | 67 | #1,724 | 0.03 |
| 2000 | 75 | #1,574 | 0.04 |
| 1999 | 54 | #1,838 | 0.03 |
| 1998 | 49 | #1,974 | 0.03 |
| 1997 | 38 | #2,243 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 41 | #2,091 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 33 | #2,377 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 28 | #2,656 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 35 | #2,231 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 26 | #2,710 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 32 | #2,265 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 26 | #2,583 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 37 | #1,972 | 0.02 |
| 1988 | 26 | #2,332 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 19 | #2,784 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 21 | #2,572 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 24 | #2,264 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 27 | #2,011 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 26 | #2,055 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 24 | #2,189 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 26 | #2,068 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 21 | #2,411 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 23 | #2,200 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 22 | #2,168 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 20 | #2,323 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 21 | #2,212 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 16 | #2,594 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 15 | #2,621 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,139 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 11 | #3,074 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 11 | #3,076 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 7 | #4,074 | under 0.01 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,754 | under 0.01 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,475 | under 0.01 |
| 1967 | 14 | #2,212 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,422 | under 0.01 |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,372 | under 0.01 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,208 | under 0.01 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,773 | under 0.01 |
| 1961 | 12 | #2,484 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,877 | under 0.01 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,451 | under 0.01 |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,926 | under 0.01 |
| 1956 | 14 | #2,216 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 8 | #3,103 | under 0.01 |
| 1954 | 8 | #3,076 | under 0.01 |
| 1953 | 5 | #4,113 | under 0.01 |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,992 | under 0.01 |
| 1951 | 8 | #2,963 | under 0.01 |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,687 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,912 | under 0.01 |
| 1947 | 8 | #2,997 | under 0.01 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,796 | under 0.01 |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,300 | under 0.01 |
| 1943 | 10 | #2,480 | 0.01 |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,789 | under 0.01 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,312 | 0.01 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,570 | 0.01 |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,810 | under 0.01 |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,850 | 0.01 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,240 | 0.01 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,569 | 0.01 |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,823 | 0.01 |
| 1929 | 8 | #3,127 | 0.01 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,242 | 0.01 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,317 | 0.01 |
| 1926 | 10 | #2,819 | 0.01 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,586 | 0.01 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,389 | 0.01 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,073 | 0.01 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,102 | 0.01 |
| 1921 | 10 | #2,901 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,873 | 0.01 |
| 1919 | 16 | #2,024 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,224 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,786 | 0.01 |
| 1916 | 16 | #1,900 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,241 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,825 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 9 | #2,023 | 0.02 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,688 | 0.02 |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,513 | 0.03 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,457 | 0.03 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,345 | 0.04 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,117 | 0.05 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,176 | 0.04 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,168 | 0.04 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,114 | 0.04 |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,046 | 0.05 |
| 1882 | 5 | #1,022 | 0.04 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Lazarus a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lazarus has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 114 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Lazarus: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lazarus, and how old are they?
3,640 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 90% of the 4,043 Americans ever recorded as Lazarus. The median Lazarus alive today is 13 years old; half are between 6 and 26.
The 2020 Census counted 2,403 people named Lazarus (14 women and girls, 2,389 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,804 born in the U.S. The Census count is 14% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 15 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 92 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 187 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 429 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,070 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,850 |
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 Lazarus born?
The states with the most babies named Lazarus are Texas, California and Ohio, with 51% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 33 | #819 | 1.3× |
| California | 18 | #1,135 | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 9 | #906 | 0.4× |
| Indiana | 8 | #749 | 0.3× |
| Arizona | 8 | #753 | 0.4× |
| Florida | 7 | #1,565 | 0.8× |
| North Carolina | 7 | #1,098 | 0.2× |
| Virginia | 7 | #938 | 0.2× |
| Illinois | 6 | #1,219 | 0.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 5 | #1,352 | 0.3× |
Where Lazarus is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lazarus is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 1.3 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 Lazarus 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 2 names spelled alike, given to 4,216 babies since 1880, Lazarus is the most given (96% of them). In 2025 it was given to 185 of their 190 babies (97%), 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 Lazarus
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 Lazarus and names like it
- Compare Lazarus and LazariusBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2020sLazarus peaked in 2025.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lazarus since 1910.
- Hebrew namesWiktionary’s origin for Lazarus: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2025The year the most babies were named Lazarus.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Lazarus alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with LMost given first.