Elazar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- el-ah-ZAR
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #4,706 for boys
Elazar is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has helped”. In 2025 it ranked 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Elazar mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew form of Eleazar
“God has helped”
In the Bible, Eleazar succeeds his father Aaron as high priest of Israel.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Elazar a girl's or a boy's name?
Elazar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elazar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,706th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Elazar, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2003, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the boys named Elazar in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Elazar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 22 | #4,567 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,007 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 24 | #4,226 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 24 | #4,220 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 12 | #6,627 |
| 2013 | 23 | #4,178 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,820 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 16 | #5,431 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,416 |
| 2003 | 26 | #3,438 |
| 2002 | 24 | #3,549 |
| 2001 | 18 | #4,296 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 14 | #4,274 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 8 | #5,934 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
Names like Elazar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zamir, Ibrahim, Musa, Muhammad, Zahir, Hamza, Abdullah, Amir, Jamir, Umar, Asaiah, Mustafa
Names related to Elazar
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from 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, “Elazar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elazar, updated 20 October 2026.