Alazar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AH-lah-zar
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Alazar is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has helped”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Alazar mean?
Hebrew: Ethiopian and Eritrean form of Eleazar
“God has helped”
Form of Eleazar, Aaron's son who succeeded him as high priest.
Is Alazar a girl's or a boy's name?
Alazar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alazar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Alazar, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2017, with 4 boys.
2025 had more boys named Alazar than any year since 2017.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Alazar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
How popular is Alazar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Alazar, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2015, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Alazar in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alazar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 16 | #5,655 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
Names like Alazar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Muhammad, Abdullah, Ibrahim, Umar, Ayyub, Mustafa, Zayd, Zakariya, Zayaan, Amir, Ahmed
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Alazar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alazar, updated 20 October 2026.