Eleazar

Meaning: God has helped
Origin: Hebrew

Boy's name · #1128 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Eleazar is climbing: on the charts since 1919, it is ranked #1128 in 2025, with about 190 boys given the name last year. Roughly 6,200 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 14 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#345 in Mexico (2024) · #829 in Ireland (2025) · #1,151 in Ecuador (2025) · #2,269 in Canada (2025) · #2,952 in England & Wales (2025) · #3,400 in Italy (2024) · #2,159 in Sweden (2024) · #2,248 in Austria (2021) · #4,209 in France (2019) · #481 in Puerto Rico (2005).

Famous Eleazars

Eleazar López Contreras — President of Venezuela from 1935 to 1941 (1883–1973)
Eleazar ben Simon — Zealot leader during the First Jewish-Roman War (died 70)
Eleazar Avaran — Maccabean revolutionary (died 162 BCE)
Eleazar of Worms — German rabbi (1160–1238 or 1230)
Eleazar Gómez — Mexican actor (born 1986)

In stories & tradition

Eleazar (Lazarus of Bethany) — Person resurrected by Jesus in the Gospel of John
Eleazar — Male human biblical figure in Exodus 6:23, son of Aaron, Hebrew Bible priest
Eléazar — Operatic character in the opera La Juive by Fromental Halévy; a Jewish goldsmith

What Eleazars become

Among 66 notable people named Eleazar:

Artists & writers appear 1.45× more often than among typical names — e.g. Eleazar de Carvalho, Brazilian conductor and composer (1912–1996).

Similar names: Elisha · Jericho · Eliezer · Oziel · Eliyahu · Eliel

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