Eliezer
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- el-ee-EZ-er
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,537 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #893 for boys
Eliezer is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my God is help”. In 2025 it ranked 1,537th for boys in the UK (18 babies) and 893rd for boys in the US (266 babies).
What does Eliezer mean?
Hebrew: from Hebrew Eli'ezer
“my God is help”
In Genesis, Eliezer of Damascus is Abraham's trusted servant.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Eliezer a girl's or a boy's name?
Eliezer is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the UK and 5 girls and 266 boys in the US.
How popular is Eliezer in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,537th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 17,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the UK were named Eliezer, making it the 1,537th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,581st. Its busiest year was 2016, with 20 boys.
2025 had more boys named Eliezer than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Eliezer in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,465th in England and Wales.
Eliezer in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #1,537 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 16 | #1,581 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,102 |
| 2018 | 14 | #1,803 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,649 |
| 2016 | 20 | #1,403 |
| 2015 | 13 | #1,888 |
| 2014 | 14 | #1,743 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,033 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,230 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 13 | #1,760 |
| 2008 | 13 | #1,696 |
| 2007 | 11 | #1,848 |
| 2006 | 11 | #1,742 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,599 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,417 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,418 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 8 | #1,690 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 8 | #1,506 |
How popular is Eliezer in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 893rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 266 about 1 in 6,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 266 boys in the US were named Eliezer, making it the 893rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 975th. It first appears in the records in 1947. 5 girls were also named Eliezer in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Eliezer of any year since it first appeared, in 1947.
Half of all the boys named Eliezer in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Eliezer in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 266 | #893 |
| 2024 | 220 | #1,013 |
| 2023 | 222 | #992 |
| 2022 | 211 | #1,044 |
| 2021 | 216 | #1,016 |
| 2020 | 220 | #975 |
| 2019 | 202 | #1,028 |
| 2018 | 194 | #1,045 |
| 2017 | 206 | #990 |
| 2016 | 211 | #973 |
| 2015 | 198 | #1,023 |
| 2014 | 254 | #868 |
| 2013 | 191 | #1,020 |
| 2012 | 192 | #1,017 |
| 2011 | 166 | #1,108 |
| 2010 | 196 | #997 |
| 2009 | 203 | #978 |
| 2008 | 210 | #954 |
| 2007 | 208 | #949 |
| 2006 | 174 | #1,043 |
| 2005 | 170 | #1,003 |
| 2004 | 166 | #994 |
| 2003 | 170 | #958 |
| 2002 | 159 | #987 |
| 2001 | 135 | #1,066 |
| 2000 | 128 | #1,094 |
| 1999 | 125 | #1,075 |
| 1998 | 129 | #1,041 |
| 1997 | 131 | #986 |
| 1996 | 137 | #943 |
| 1995 | 100 | #1,140 |
| 1994 | 131 | #960 |
| 1993 | 112 | #1,038 |
| 1992 | 116 | #1,007 |
| 1991 | 95 | #1,118 |
| 1990 | 112 | #991 |
| 1989 | 96 | #1,060 |
| 1988 | 114 | #896 |
| 1987 | 103 | #930 |
| 1986 | 88 | #982 |
| 1985 | 72 | #1,093 |
| 1984 | 97 | #884 |
| 1983 | 102 | #867 |
| 1982 | 115 | #827 |
| 1981 | 76 | #1,044 |
| 1980 | 80 | #1,010 |
| 1979 | 77 | #1,011 |
| 1978 | 61 | #1,121 |
| 1977 | 59 | #1,127 |
| 1976 | 46 | #1,304 |
| 1975 | 51 | #1,181 |
| 1974 | 58 | #1,082 |
| 1973 | 38 | #1,354 |
| 1972 | 46 | #1,210 |
| 1971 | 45 | #1,235 |
| 1970 | 43 | #1,260 |
| 1969 | 22 | #1,766 |
| 1968 | 35 | #1,282 |
| 1967 | 25 | #1,539 |
| 1966 | 24 | #1,579 |
| 1965 | 22 | #1,668 |
| 1964 | 21 | #1,728 |
| 1963 | 25 | #1,584 |
| 1962 | 31 | #1,402 |
| 1961 | 23 | #1,685 |
| 1960 | 22 | #1,727 |
| 1959 | 29 | #1,466 |
| 1958 | 19 | #1,837 |
| 1957 | 17 | #1,951 |
| 1956 | 27 | #1,510 |
| 1955 | 15 | #2,047 |
| 1954 | 11 | #2,448 |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,708 |
| 1952 | 12 | #2,250 |
| 1951 | 9 | #2,660 |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 11 | #2,355 |
Nicknames for Eliezer
- Eli 421 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Eliezer
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elijah, Asher, Elias, Ezekiel, Hunter, Jude, Tobias, Cooper, Emmanuel, Gabriel, Zachary, Carter
Names related to Eliezer
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Mateo, Elsie, Levi
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, “Eliezer: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/eliezer, updated 20 October 2026.