Lazarus

#1,141 for boys in 2025, 185 births

Peak · boys
1882 · 5 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,043
since 1882

Lazarus over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Lazarus has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201886peak #943, 1882boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#1,141185
2024#1,324145
2023#1,385134
2022#1,300146
2021#1,158172
2020#1,271144
2019#1,312139
2018#1,219153
2017#1,207152
2016#1,329134
2015#1,434119
2014#1,375124
2013#1,468112
2012#1,72987
2011#1,88674
2010#1,83479
2009#1,91075
2008#1,86178
2007#1,86177
2006#1,73880
2005#2,18255
2004#2,13155
2003#1,67374
2002#1,62074
2001#1,71067
2000#1,57375
1999#1,82454
1998#1,95749
1997#2,22838
1996#2,07341
1995#2,34633
1994#2,61828
1993#2,20935
1992#2,67026
1991#2,22732
1990#2,55326
1989#1,95337
1988#2,30526
1987#2,72519
1986#2,51021
1985#2,22624
1984#1,97927
1983#2,01726
1982#2,16624
1981#2,03826
1980#2,36721
1979#2,15723
1978#2,13422
1977#2,27020
1976#2,17721
1975#2,54016
1974#2,54915
1973#3,01311
1972#2,99111
1971#2,97311
1970#3,8367
1969#4,4045
1968#4,1365
1967#2,13914
1966—
1965#3,2447
1964#4,0395
1963#3,0448
1962#2,67310
1961#2,40912
1960#3,6656
1959#3,2907
1958—
1957#2,8229
1956#2,16814
1955#2,9648
1954#2,9428
1953#3,7985
1952#2,8758
1951#2,8448
1950#2,5809
1949—
1948#2,7888
1947#2,8628
1946#3,5255
1945—
1944#3,1096
1943#2,40510
1942—
1941#3,5055
1940#3,1306
1939—
1938#2,4799
1937#3,5185
1936—
1935—
1934#2,7428
1933—
1932#3,0927
1931#2,47110
1930#3,5926
1929#2,9808
1928#3,0768
1927#3,1518
1926#2,72510
1925#3,4087
1924#3,2608
1923#2,9509
1922#3,8726
1921#2,80410
1920#2,76510
1919#1,97316
1918#2,16514
1917#3,5456
1916#1,84916
1915#3,0827
1914#1,77213
1913#1,9459
1912#1,61910
1911—
1910#1,4216
1909—
1908—
1907#1,3455
1906#1,2535
1905—
1904—
1903—
1902—
1901—
1900#1,0507
1899—
1898—
1897—
1896—
1895#1,0795
1894—
1893—
1892#1,0665
1891—
1890—
1889—
1888#1,0315
1887—
1886#9595
1885—
1884—
1883—
1882#9435
1881—
1880—
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five boys were named Lazarus! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1899, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Lazarus is popular in 1886

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Lazarus
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 183 spots since 2024 (#1,324 → #1,141)
  • 130 spots since 2020 (#1,271 → #1,141)
  • 293 spots since 2015 (#1,434 → #1,141)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1882 at #943 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1883, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1882–1886
Share of babies · boys
1 in 9,233
  • Highest: 1 in 9,233 boys born in 2025 were named Lazarus (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #943 in 1882, was only 1 in 22,737 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 29.0% of all boys named Lazarus (1,173) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s15#943 (1882)#978
1890s10#1,066 (1892)#1,073
1900s17#1,050 (1900)#1,216
1910s97#1,421 (1910)#2,152
1920s84#2,725 (1926)#3,099
1930s45#2,471 (1931)#2,982
1940s48#2,405 (1943)#3,046
1950s76#2,168 (1956)#2,920
1960s72#2,139 (1967)#3,306
1970s157#2,134 (1978)#2,664
1980s251#1,953 (1989)#2,229
1990s362#1,824 (1999)#2,271
2000s710#1,573 (2000)#1,826
2010s1,173#1,207 (2017)#1,479
2020s926#1,141 (2025)#1,263

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.

Lazarus in 1886

boys
#959
5 births · 1 in 22,157 boys

Top boys' names in 1886

  1. #1John9,026
  2. #2William8,252
  3. #3James5,355
  4. #4George4,671
  5. #5Charles4,533
  6. #6Frank3,127
  7. #7Joseph2,594
  8. #8Robert2,443
  9. #9Henry2,404
  10. #10Thomas2,337
  11. #959Lazarus5
More about 1886

boys

110,783 boys got a published name in 1886; 1 in 22,157 of them was named Lazarus, which outranked 13.6% of the 1,110 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 40.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lazarus
  1. #845Vivian6
  2. #845Wayland6
  3. #845Wells6
  4. #959Lazarus5
  5. #959Acey5
  6. #959Adelbert5
  7. #959Alan5

Tied with 151 names at #959; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1885
Risers
  1. ↑ 505Thornton#936 → #431
  2. ↑ 485Oswald#936 → #451
  3. ↑ 445Evans#936 → #491
  4. ↑ 396Grace#936 → #540
  5. ↑ 385Abel#836 → #451
Fallers
  1. ↓ 497Adelbert#462 → #959
  2. ↓ 438Carey#521 → #959
  3. ↓ 412Santiago#547 → #959
  4. ↓ 382Brooks#577 → #959
  5. ↓ 355Alma#604 → #959

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1886 →