Recorded 1919–2025 · United States
Eleazar was most popular in 2023, when 195 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,281 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,293, with 189 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 6,158 people named Eleazar.
Eleazar first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1919, which makes it about 106 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 104 of the 107 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 6,158 American births named Eleazar 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 5,674 are estimated to be alive today.
189 American babies were named Eleazar in 2025, ranking #2,293 that year.
Eleazar is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 184 births a year, against 114 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +61% 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.
Across the whole record Eleazar is a boy’s name — 0.1% of the 6,158 Americans given it were girls and 99.9% 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.
Roughly 5,674 Americans named Eleazar are alive today — 92% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 21 years old, and half are between 9 and 35.
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.
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