# Eleazar (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/eleazar/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “god has helped” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɛləˌzɑɹ/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Elazar |
| US babies named this | 6,158 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,151 / 7 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 86, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Hebrew אֶלְעָזָר ('El'azár, “God has helped”). Doublet of Lazarus.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 7 | 10,922 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 90 | 1,670 |
| 2012 | 107 | 1,503 |
| 2013 | 121 | 1,388 |
| 2014 | 125 | 1,366 |
| 2015 | 128 | 1,361 |
| 2016 | 131 | 1,360 |
| 2017 | 159 | 1,178 |
| 2018 | 144 | 1,278 |
| 2019 | 142 | 1,302 |
| 2020 | 171 | 1,142 |
| 2021 | 170 | 1,165 |
| 2022 | 181 | 1,147 |
| 2023 | 195 | 1,097 |
| 2024 | 183 | 1,145 |
| 2025 | 189 | 1,128 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2,755 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,325 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,263 |
| 2025 | 7 | 2,952 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: الْعَيْزَار
- Armenian: Եղիազար
- Chinese: 伊利札
- Finnish: Eleasar
- Spanish: Eliécer

## People named Eleazar

- Eleazar de Carvalho, Brazilian conductor, composer and music educator (1912-1996)
- Eleazar ben Azariah, 1st-century CE Jewish rabbi and Tannaim sage
- Eleazar ben Killir, Byzantine Jew and poet
- Eleazar ben Ya'ir

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.