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Eleazar

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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#459 in Mexico (2024) · #901 in Ireland (2025) · #1,151 in Ecuador (2025) · #2,387 in Canada (2024).

Famous Eleazars

• Eleazar López Contreras — Venezuelan politician (1883–1973)
• Eleazar Avaran — Maccabean revolutionary
• Eleazar de Carvalho — Brazilian conductor, composer and music educator (1912–1996)
• Eleazar ben Azariah — 1st-century CE Jewish rabbi and Tannaim sage
• Eleazar ben Killir — Byzantine Jew and poet

In stories & tradition

• Eleazar (Lazarus of Bethany) — Gospel of John (Bible)
• Eleazar — Exodus (Bible)
• Eléazar — La Juive (musical stage work)

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, composer and music educator (1912–1996).

Similar names: Elisha · Yitzchok · Eliezer · Shmuel · Eliyahu · Eliel

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