Lazarus
#1,141 for boys in 2025, 185 births
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,043since 1882
Lazarus over time
Rank among boys' names. Lazarus has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,141 | 185 |
| 2024 | #1,324 | 145 |
| 2023 | #1,385 | 134 |
| 2022 | #1,300 | 146 |
| 2021 | #1,158 | 172 |
| 2020 | #1,271 | 144 |
| 2019 | #1,312 | 139 |
| 2018 | #1,219 | 153 |
| 2017 | #1,207 | 152 |
| 2016 | #1,329 | 134 |
| 2015 | #1,434 | 119 |
| 2014 | #1,375 | 124 |
| 2013 | #1,468 | 112 |
| 2012 | #1,729 | 87 |
| 2011 | #1,886 | 74 |
| 2010 | #1,834 | 79 |
| 2009 | #1,910 | 75 |
| 2008 | #1,861 | 78 |
| 2007 | #1,861 | 77 |
| 2006 | #1,738 | 80 |
| 2005 | #2,182 | 55 |
| 2004 | #2,131 | 55 |
| 2003 | #1,673 | 74 |
| 2002 | #1,620 | 74 |
| 2001 | #1,710 | 67 |
| 2000 | #1,573 | 75 |
| 1999 | #1,824 | 54 |
| 1998 | #1,957 | 49 |
| 1997 | #2,228 | 38 |
| 1996 | #2,073 | 41 |
| 1995 | #2,346 | 33 |
| 1994 | #2,618 | 28 |
| 1993 | #2,209 | 35 |
| 1992 | #2,670 | 26 |
| 1991 | #2,227 | 32 |
| 1990 | #2,553 | 26 |
| 1989 | #1,953 | 37 |
| 1988 | #2,305 | 26 |
| 1987 | #2,725 | 19 |
| 1986 | #2,510 | 21 |
| 1985 | #2,226 | 24 |
| 1984 | #1,979 | 27 |
| 1983 | #2,017 | 26 |
| 1982 | #2,166 | 24 |
| 1981 | #2,038 | 26 |
| 1980 | #2,367 | 21 |
| 1979 | #2,157 | 23 |
| 1978 | #2,134 | 22 |
| 1977 | #2,270 | 20 |
| 1976 | #2,177 | 21 |
| 1975 | #2,540 | 16 |
| 1974 | #2,549 | 15 |
| 1973 | #3,013 | 11 |
| 1972 | #2,991 | 11 |
| 1971 | #2,973 | 11 |
| 1970 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #2,139 | 14 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #4,039 | 5 |
| 1963 | #3,044 | 8 |
| 1962 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1961 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1960 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #2,168 | 14 |
| 1955 | #2,964 | 8 |
| 1954 | #2,942 | 8 |
| 1953 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #2,580 | 9 |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,788 | 8 |
| 1947 | #2,862 | 8 |
| 1946 | #3,525 | 5 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #2,405 | 10 |
| 1942 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #3,130 | 6 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,479 | 9 |
| 1937 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | #2,471 | 10 |
| 1930 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #2,980 | 8 |
| 1928 | #3,076 | 8 |
| 1927 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | #2,725 | 10 |
| 1925 | #3,408 | 7 |
| 1924 | #3,260 | 8 |
| 1923 | #2,950 | 9 |
| 1922 | #3,872 | 6 |
| 1921 | #2,804 | 10 |
| 1920 | #2,765 | 10 |
| 1919 | #1,973 | 16 |
| 1918 | #2,165 | 14 |
| 1917 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | #1,849 | 16 |
| 1915 | #3,082 | 7 |
| 1914 | #1,772 | 13 |
| 1913 | #1,945 | 9 |
| 1912 | #1,619 | 10 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 6 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,050 | 7 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,079 | 5 |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,031 | 5 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #959 | 5 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #943 | 5 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
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 2022
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Colorado#647 · 1 in 3,637
- Texas#883 · 1 in 6,383
- Virginia#954 · 1 in 6,398
- Michigan#1,003 · 1 in 6,917
- Florida#1,171 · 1 in 9,534
Best ever in a state: #377 in New Mexico, 2019.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | #647 | 7 | 1 in 3,637 |
| Texas | #883 | 28 | 1 in 6,383 |
| Virginia | #954 | 6 | 1 in 6,398 |
| Michigan | #1,003 | 6 | 1 in 6,917 |
| Florida | #1,171 | 10 | 1 in 9,534 |
| Ohio | #1,283 | 5 | 1 in 10,621 |
| California | #1,545 | 11 | 1 in 17,194 |
| New York | #1,593 | 6 | 1 in 14,529 |
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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 Lazarus
- 183 spots since 2024 (#1,324 → #1,141)
- 130 spots since 2020 (#1,271 → #1,141)
- 293 spots since 2015 (#1,434 → #1,141)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1882 at #943 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1883, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1882–1886
- 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
- 29.0% of all boys named Lazarus (1,173) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 15 | #943 (1882) | #978 |
| 1890s | 10 | #1,066 (1892) | #1,073 |
| 1900s | 17 | #1,050 (1900) | #1,216 |
| 1910s | 97 | #1,421 (1910) | #2,152 |
| 1920s | 84 | #2,725 (1926) | #3,099 |
| 1930s | 45 | #2,471 (1931) | #2,982 |
| 1940s | 48 | #2,405 (1943) | #3,046 |
| 1950s | 76 | #2,168 (1956) | #2,920 |
| 1960s | 72 | #2,139 (1967) | #3,306 |
| 1970s | 157 | #2,134 (1978) | #2,664 |
| 1980s | 251 | #1,953 (1989) | #2,229 |
| 1990s | 362 | #1,824 (1999) | #2,271 |
| 2000s | 710 | #1,573 (2000) | #1,826 |
| 2010s | 1,173 | #1,207 (2017) | #1,479 |
| 2020s | 926 | #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 2022
Top boys' names in 2022
More about 2022
boys
1,746,008 boys got a published name in 2022; 1 in 11,959 of them was named Lazarus, which outranked 90.9% of the 14,333 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,296Giovani147
- #1,296Koah147
- #1,296Kyzer147
- #1,300Lazarus146
- #1,300Ansel146
- #1,300Bernardo146
- #1,300Malaki146
- #1,306Reagan145
- #1,306Sultan145
- #1,308Agastya144
Tied with 5 names at #1,300; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.