Eleazar
Eleazar is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 182 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1820.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2023195 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1919
- 5,960people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,960 boys have been named Eleazar in the United States since 1919, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 195 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2002, and the 2010s alone account for 21%.
By decade
| Decade | boys named Eleazar | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | |
| 1920s | 83 | |
| 1930s | 99 | |
| 1940s | 143 | |
| 1950s | 196 | |
| 1960s | 271 | |
| 1970s | 380 | |
| 1980s | 590 | |
| 1990s | 907 | |
| 2000s | 1,145 | |
| 2010s | 1,242 | |
| 2020s | 899 |
In 2023, its biggest year
Eleazar was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.
Names that rose and fell with Eleazar
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Ismaelpeak 2024
- Dariopeak 2024
- Hillelpeak 2019
- Valentinpeak 2007
- Baruchpeak 2023
- Hassanpeak 2024
- Reypeak 2021
- Eliezerpeak 2014
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.