How rare is the name Eleazar?

8,971 people in the United States have the first name Eleazar, about 1 in 33,668. It ranks #2,640 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ELEAZAR

#2,640

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,971
About
1 in 33,668
This common or more
80.4%
Who bears it

Of the 8,971 people named Eleazar, 91% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 3.1% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 2.8% as White. 95.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Eleazar peaked in 2023, when 195 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19192025
Peak year
2023
Births that year
195
In 2025*
189 ▼3%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 6,158 babies have been given the name since 1919. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Eleazar by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #2,381. The largest share of babies named Eleazar, 33.1%, were born in 2013 or later.

1910s#11,6155
1920s#5,93883
1930s#4,73399
1940s#4,109143
1950s#3,989196
1960s#3,699271
1970s#3,506380
1980s#3,062590
1990s#2,839914
2000s#3,0321,145
2010s#3,0791,243
2020s#2,3811,089
Greatest Generation 1901–270.9%
Silent Generation 1928–453.3%
Baby boom 1946–646.4%
Generation X 1965–809.4%
Millennials 1981–9619%
Generation Z 1997–1227.9%
2013 and later33.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Eleazar is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Eleazar has been most common in Texas (6.8×), California (2.8×), and Arizona (2.8×), and least common in New York (0.27×).

4,211 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Eleazar

#2,638 Nga · 9,003#2,639 Kenton · 8,996#2,641 Fallon · 8,969#2,642 Reinaldo · 8,958

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Eleazar, most common first.

#5,639 Eliazar · 3,001#19,274 Elazar · 551#23,465 Eliasar · 417#25,184 Elizar · 378#27,622 Eliazer · 330#29,486 Eleazer · 300#38,175 Elezar · 202#40,051 Eliezar · 187

Also a last name

As a last name, Eleazar ranks #66,829 of 156,621, with 319 people. See Eleazar as a last name

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