Lazar
Masculine · “God has helped”
Lazar is the Slavic form of Lazarus, and the Hebrew behind it is a sentence — God has helped, which is what the Gospel story is about.
How old is the name Lazar?
Lazar first appears in US birth records in 1931 — 94 years ago. The typical Lazar alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 800 people named Lazar are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lazar most popular?
Lazar peaked in 2012, reaching #2954 nationally. Today it ranks #4249, 1,295 places below that high. See the whole 2012 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Eleazar to Lazar
The story of Lazar
Two Lazaruses appear in the New Testament — the beggar covered in sores in a parable, and the man Jesus raises from the tomb. The first gave medieval Europe the word lazar for a leper and lazaretto for a quarantine hospital. Prince Lazar of Serbia, killed at Kosovo in 1389, is a national saint. The name is used across the Balkans and in Jewish communities.
Meaning
God has helped
From Hebrew Eleazar, joining el, God, to a verb meaning to help; Greek dropped the first syllable to give Lazaros. The English word lazaretto, a quarantine hospital, comes from the same name by way of the beggar in the parable.
How the name formed
- Eleazar
- Lazaros
- Lazar
Related forms: Лазар · Lazarus · Eleazar · Lázaro
Pronouncing Lazar
LAH-zar
Two syllables, first stressed. Serbian gives the same shape.
Nicknames for Lazar
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
- 1931
- Most boys named
- 201239 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2954reached in 2012
- Change vs 2024
- −20.0%24 in 2025, from 30
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.
Lazar in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Лазар in Serbian — transliteration
- Lazarus in English — same name
- Eleazar in Hebrew — related form
- Lázaro in Spanish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Illinois, New York.
Lazars among us
people named Lazar are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 71,170 born in 2025 was named Lazar
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 Quintus test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Lazar's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Quintus climbed just as high around 1917, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Quintus's path sketches the road Lazar is walking now.
Lazar 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
Lazar beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Lazar in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning that forms a complete sentence.
- A national saint in Serbia and a major Gospel figure behind it.
- Five letters and two syllables, quick to write.
- The medieval word for a leper came from this name, which some will know.
- Lazarus is the English form and looks quite different.
- It is close to Lazaro and Eleazar, which are the same name in other languages.
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Frequently asked
- How many Lazars are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Lazar are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Lazar in 2025?
- Lazar ranks #4249 among US boy names in 2025, with 24 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Lazar?
- About 1 in every 71,170 US boys born in 2025 was named Lazar — 24 in all.
- Will my child share the name Lazar with classmates?
- Lazar will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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