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Elazar

Recorded 1973–2025 · United States

Elazar was most popular in 2003, when 26 American babies were given the name — ranking #7,977 that year. In 2025 it ranked #9,947, with 21 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 611 people named Elazar.

Most popular in2003
Rank that year#7,977
Births that year26
Total since 1880611
Given to100% boys
Alive today~600
Median age16

Elazar over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Elazar’s peak in 2003. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

How old is the name Elazar?

Elazar first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1973, which makes it about 52 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 42 of the 53 years since.

How many people are named Elazar?

The Social Security Administration has recorded 611 American births named Elazar between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 600 are estimated to be alive today.

How many babies were named Elazar in 2025?

21 American babies were named Elazar in 2025, ranking #9,947 that year.

Is Elazar getting more or less popular?

Elazar is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 21 births a year, against 18 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +15% over the decade.

Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.

Is Elazar a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Elazar is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 611 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

How old is someone named Elazar?

Roughly 600 Americans named Elazar are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 16 years old, and half are between 8 and 24.

An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.

Where Elazar is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org