Eleazar
Last seen for girls in 1993 at #10,588 · #1,128 for boys in 2025, 189 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1991 · 99 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,151since 1919
Eleazar over time
Rank among boys' names. Eleazar has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,128 | 189 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,145 | 183 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,096 | 195 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,146 | 181 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,165 | 170 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,142 | 171 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,301 | 142 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,276 | 144 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,175 | 159 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,356 | 131 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,359 | 128 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,362 | 125 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,387 | 121 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,498 | 107 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,666 | 90 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,626 | 96 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,562 | 104 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,389 | 122 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,412 | 115 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,163 | 145 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,372 | 109 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,172 | 133 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,364 | 99 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,357 | 97 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,208 | 111 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,220 | 110 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,395 | 84 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,271 | 95 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,167 | 104 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,226 | 91 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,107 | 105 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,268 | 85 | |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | #1,155 | 94 |
| 1992 | — | #1,255 | 81 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,095 | 99 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,336 | 69 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,318 | 69 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,204 | 71 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,506 | 47 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,188 | 64 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,228 | 60 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,294 | 51 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,153 | 61 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,310 | 51 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,169 | 62 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,258 | 54 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,532 | 38 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,393 | 44 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,312 | 47 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,469 | 37 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,429 | 38 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,351 | 40 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,268 | 42 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,391 | 37 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,705 | 27 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,546 | 30 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,326 | 36 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,574 | 25 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,652 | 22 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,510 | 26 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,318 | 34 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,655 | 23 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,426 | 30 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,546 | 26 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,778 | 21 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,523 | 28 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,588 | 25 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,593 | 24 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,791 | 20 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,821 | 19 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,219 | 13 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,435 | 28 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,765 | 19 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,010 | 15 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,904 | 16 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,815 | 17 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,820 | 17 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,656 | 20 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,555 | 23 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,143 | 12 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,852 | 14 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,738 | 16 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,074 | 13 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,386 | 10 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,207 | 11 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,871 | 7 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,829 | 7 | |
| 1938 | — | #3,534 | 5 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,913 | 14 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,184 | 11 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,529 | 9 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,608 | 19 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,738 | 8 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,995 | 14 | |
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | #2,293 | 12 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,672 | 20 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,522 | 11 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,298 | 13 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,904 | 9 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,755 | 10 | |
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| 1923 | — | #4,239 | 5 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,872 | 6 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,986 | 9 | |
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| 1919 | — | #4,168 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Eleazar! It came in at #4,168, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1919–1920, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Eleazar is popular in 2015
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maryland#581 · 1 in 3,476
- Texas#718 · 1 in 5,532
- Arizona#782 · 1 in 6,161
- Washington#947 · 1 in 7,355
- Florida#1,090 · 1 in 9,835
Best ever in a state: #444 in Texas, 1969.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | #581 | 8 | 1 in 3,476 |
| Texas | #718 | 34 | 1 in 5,532 |
| Arizona | #782 | 6 | 1 in 6,161 |
| Washington | #947 | 5 | 1 in 7,355 |
| Florida | #1,090 | 10 | 1 in 9,835 |
| California | #1,316 | 14 | 1 in 16,164 |
| New York | #1,482 | 7 | 1 in 14,692 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Eleazar
- 17 spots since 2024 (#1,145 → #1,128)
- 14 spots since 2020 (#1,142 → #1,128)
- 231 spots since 2015 (#1,359 → #1,128)
- Debuted 1919
- Peaked 1991 at #1,095 (99 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 8,772 boys born in 2023 were named Eleazar (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,037 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #1,095 in 1991, was only 1 in 20,407 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 20.2% of all boys named Eleazar (1,243) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,168 (1919) | #4,168 |
| 1920s | 83 | #1,672 (1929) | #2,906 |
| 1930s | 99 | #1,608 (1934) | #2,403 |
| 1940s | 143 | #1,555 (1947) | #2,030 |
| 1950s | 196 | #1,435 (1954) | #1,794 |
| 1960s | 271 | #1,318 (1965) | #1,531 |
| 1970s | 380 | #1,268 (1973) | #1,440 |
| 1980s | 590 | #1,153 (1983) | #1,263 |
| 1990s | 907 | #1,095 (1991) | #1,228 |
| 2000s | 1,145 | #1,163 (2006) | #1,322 |
| 2010s | 1,243 | #1,175 (2017) | #1,401 |
| 2020s | 1,089 | #1,096 (2023) | #1,137 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Eleazar in 2015
Top boys' names in 2015
More about 2015
boys
1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 14,975 of them was named Eleazar, which outranked 90.3% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,353Nova129
- #1,353Sebastien129
- #1,353Zakaria129
- #1,359Eleazar128
- #1,359Aksel128
- #1,359Avion128
- #1,359Elvin128
- #1,369Axle127
- #1,369Dezmond127
- #1,369Emil127
Tied with 9 names at #1,359; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.