Lazarus — #1336 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Lazarus

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,854 babies named Lazarus between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lazarus currently holds the #1336 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 172 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lazarus performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,173 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Lazarus shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 449 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Lazarus in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lazarus 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 3,854 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.