Lazarus
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,141 for boys
Lazarus is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 1,141st for boys in the US (185 babies).
What does Lazarus mean?
Hebrew
A male given name from Hebrew.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Lazarus a girl's or a boy's name?
Lazarus is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 185 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lazarus in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 433% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Lazarus, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2017, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Lazarus in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Lazarus in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #6,148 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
How popular is Lazarus in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,141st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 185 about 1 in 9,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 185 boys in the US were named Lazarus, making it the 1,141st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,271st. It first appears in the records in 1882.
2025 had the most boys named Lazarus of any year since it first appeared, in 1882.
Half of all the boys named Lazarus in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lazarus in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 185 | #1,141 |
| 2024 | 145 | #1,324 |
| 2023 | 134 | #1,385 |
| 2022 | 146 | #1,300 |
| 2021 | 172 | #1,158 |
| 2020 | 144 | #1,271 |
| 2019 | 139 | #1,312 |
| 2018 | 153 | #1,219 |
| 2017 | 152 | #1,207 |
| 2016 | 134 | #1,329 |
| 2015 | 119 | #1,434 |
| 2014 | 124 | #1,375 |
| 2013 | 112 | #1,468 |
| 2012 | 87 | #1,728 |
| 2011 | 74 | #1,885 |
| 2010 | 79 | #1,833 |
| 2009 | 75 | #1,909 |
| 2008 | 78 | #1,861 |
| 2007 | 77 | #1,861 |
| 2006 | 80 | #1,738 |
| 2005 | 55 | #2,178 |
| 2004 | 55 | #2,127 |
| 2003 | 74 | #1,670 |
| 2002 | 74 | #1,617 |
| 2001 | 67 | #1,706 |
| 2000 | 75 | #1,569 |
| 1999 | 54 | #1,821 |
| 1998 | 49 | #1,954 |
| 1997 | 38 | #2,225 |
| 1996 | 41 | #2,068 |
| 1995 | 33 | #2,341 |
| 1994 | 28 | #2,613 |
| 1993 | 35 | #2,204 |
| 1992 | 26 | #2,664 |
| 1991 | 32 | #2,221 |
| 1990 | 26 | #2,548 |
| 1989 | 37 | #1,948 |
| 1988 | 26 | #2,300 |
| 1987 | 19 | #2,721 |
| 1986 | 21 | #2,508 |
| 1985 | 24 | #2,225 |
| 1984 | 27 | #1,978 |
| 1983 | 26 | #2,016 |
| 1982 | 24 | #2,165 |
| 1981 | 26 | #2,037 |
| 1980 | 21 | #2,366 |
| 1979 | 23 | #2,156 |
| 1978 | 22 | #2,134 |
| 1977 | 20 | #2,270 |
| 1976 | 21 | #2,176 |
| 1975 | 16 | #2,538 |
| 1974 | 15 | #2,547 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1972 | 11 | #2,989 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 5 | #4,135 |
| 1967 | 14 | #2,138 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 7 | #3,242 |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 10 | #2,671 |
| 1961 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1960 | 6 | #3,663 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 9 | #2,820 |
| 1956 | 14 | #2,167 |
| 1955 | 8 | #2,962 |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 8 | #2,872 |
| 1951 | 8 | #2,842 |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,579 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 8 | #2,861 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 1943 | 10 | #2,404 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,130 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,091 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,470 |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,590 |
| 1929 | 8 | #2,978 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,074 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,150 |
| 1926 | 10 | #2,723 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,259 |
| 1923 | 9 | #2,948 |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 10 | #2,803 |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,764 |
| 1919 | 16 | #1,972 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,164 |
| 1917 | 6 | #3,543 |
| 1916 | 16 | #1,848 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,081 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,771 |
| 1913 | 9 | #1,944 |
| 1912 | 10 | #1,618 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 6 | #1,420 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,344 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,252 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,049 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,078 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,065 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,030 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 5 | #959 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 5 | #942 |
Names like Lazarus
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Lazarus
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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, “Lazarus: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lazarus, updated 20 October 2026.