Eleazar

“God has helped” — Hebrew origin

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

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.

Around the world: about 1 in 7,900 boys in Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 20,000 boys in Canada (2024).

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

Famous Eleazars

Eleazar López Contreras — President of Venezuela (1935–1941)
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
Eleazar — Exodus · Leviticus
Eléazar — La Juive

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 · Shmuel · Eliezer · Tzvi · Eliyahu · Eliel

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