Eliazar
Masculine · “God has helped”
Eliazar is the Spanish form of Eleazar, and the Hebrew is a sentence in the past tense: God has helped. It belongs to Aaron's son, who succeeded him as high priest and who is buried, the text says, on a hill in Ephraim.
How old is the name Eliazar?
Eliazar first appears in US birth records in 1925 — 100 years ago. The typical Eliazar alive today was born around 2001, making them about 24 years old. About 1,900 people named Eliazar are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Eliazar most popular?
Eliazar peaked in 1960, reaching #1772 nationally. Today it ranks #2991, 1,219 places below that high. See the whole 1960 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Elazar to Eliazar
The story of Eliazar
Eleazar is the third son of Aaron and becomes high priest after him, a figure of continuity rather than of drama; the priestly line ran through him. A different Eleazar is one of David's champions. Greek rendered the name Eleazaros, from which Latin took Lazarus for the related Hebrew form, and Spanish kept Eleazar and Eliazar. It reaches United States records almost entirely from Mexican and Central American families, where the whole Hebrew stock is in wide everyday use.
Meaning
God has helped
Hebrew Elazar joins El, 'God', to a form of azar, 'to help'. The reading is documented and undisputed. The related Eliezer means 'my God is help' and is a separate name; the two are constantly confused because the difference is one vowel. Eliazar is the Spanish spelling, which keeps the extra i.
How the name formed
- Elazar
- Eleazaros
- Eleazar
- Eliazar
Related forms: Elazar · Eleazar · Eleazar · Lazer
Pronouncing Eliazar
eh-lee-ah-SAR
Four syllables with the stress on the last, in Spanish. English speakers say el-ee-AY-zar, moving the stress to the middle and voicing the s as a z, which changes the shape noticeably.
Nicknames for Eliazar
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1925
- Most boys named
- 200757 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1772reached in 1960
- Change vs 2023
- −6.8%41 in 2025, from 44
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Eliazar in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Elazar in Hebrew — same name
- Eleazar in English — spelling variant
- Eleazar in Spanish — spelling variant
- Lazer in Yiddish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California.
Eliazars among us
people named Eliazar are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 41,660 born in 2025 was named Eliazar
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Patton test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Eliazar's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Patton climbed just as high around 1945, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Patton's path sketches the road Eliazar is walking now.
Eliazar sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Eliazar is headed
Eliazar should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Eliazar beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Eliazar in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A documented biblical name with a clear meaning and a real place in the narrative.
- Eli and Lalo are two ready short forms in different languages.
- Four syllables give it real formality, with everyday forms available underneath.
- Eleazar and Eliezer are separate names differing by one vowel, and both get confused with this.
- The Spanish and English pronunciations differ in the stress and in the consonant.
- Four syllables is long for daily use and the name will usually be shortened.
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Frequently asked
- How many Eliazars are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,900 people named Eliazar are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Eliazar in 2025?
- Eliazar ranks #2991 among US boy names in 2025, with 41 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Eliazar?
- About 1 in every 41,660 US boys born in 2025 was named Eliazar — 41 in all.
- Will my child share the name Eliazar with classmates?
- Eliazar will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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