Eliezer

Meaning: My God is help
Origin: Hebrew, biblical — Hebrew eli + ezer

Boy's name · #893 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Eliezer is climbing: on the charts since 1947, it is ranked #893 in 2025, with about 270 boys given the name last year. Roughly 8,200 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

In recent years, Eliezer ran 5–7× its national rate in New Jersey and New York.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 10 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Eliezer ranks in other countries and regions.

#588 in Ecuador (2025) · #1,486 in England & Wales (2025) · #2,397 in France (2025) · #2,189 in Canada (2024).

Famous Eliezers

Eliezer Ben-Yehuda — Russian hebrew linguist, grammarian, journalist, lexicographer, newspaper editor and Zionist activist
Eliezer Yudkowsky — American AI researcher and writer (born 1979)
Eliezer Kaplan — Israeli politician (1891–1952)
Eliezer Melamed — Israeli rabbi
Eliezer ben Hurcanus — Late 1st/early 2nd century Judean rabbi and tannaim (sage)

In stories & tradition

Eliezer — Exodus (Bible)
Eliezer son of Dodavah — Prophet

What Eliezers become

Among 199 notable people named Eliezer:

Artists & writers appear 1.51× more often than among typical names — e.g. Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, Russian lexicographer (1858–1922).

Similar names: Zechariah · Eleazar · Shmuel · Eliyahu · Eliel · Eliot

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