Lazar
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Slavic
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,248 for boys
Lazar is a boys' name of Slavic origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 4,248th for boys in the US (24 babies).
What does Lazar mean?
Slavic
A Serbian male given name from Serbo-Croatian.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Lazar a girl's or a boy's name?
Lazar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 24 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lazar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,742among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Lazar, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Lazar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Lazar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
How popular is Lazar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,248among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 71,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 24 boys in the US were named Lazar, making it the 4,248th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,808th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 39 boys. It first appears in the records in 1931.
Half of all the boys named Lazar in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lazar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #4,248 |
| 2024 | 30 | #3,691 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,738 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,180 |
| 2021 | 29 | #3,736 |
| 2020 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 2019 | 35 | #3,256 |
| 2018 | 30 | #3,603 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,101 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 23 | #4,293 |
| 2014 | 24 | #4,135 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 39 | #2,952 |
| 2011 | 29 | #3,604 |
| 2010 | 22 | #4,365 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,897 |
| 2007 | 28 | #3,685 |
| 2006 | 22 | #4,219 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,437 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 10 | #3,837 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 11 | #3,244 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
Names like Lazar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Lazar
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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, “Lazar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lazar, updated 20 October 2026.