Eleazar is an uncommon boys' name that has climbed to its highest level yet, peaking in 2023.
Eleazar is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,128 for boy births in the United States (and #2,295 across all names), given to 189 babies. Eleazar first appears in 1919 and peaked in 2023 (195 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 189 | 189 | — | #1,128 |
| 2024 | 183 | 183 | — | #1,145 |
| 2023 | 195 | 195 | — | #1,097 |
| 2022 | 181 | 181 | — | #1,147 |
| 2021 | 170 | 170 | — | #1,165 |
| 2020 | 171 | 171 | — | #1,142 |
| 2019 | 142 | 142 | — | #1,302 |
| 2018 | 144 | 144 | — | #1,278 |
| 2017 | 159 | 159 | — | #1,178 |
| 2016 | 131 | 131 | — | #1,360 |
| 2015 | 128 | 128 | — | #1,361 |
| 2014 | 125 | 125 | — | #1,366 |
| 2013 | 121 | 121 | — | #1,388 |
| 2012 | 107 | 107 | — | #1,503 |
| 2011 | 90 | 90 | — | #1,670 |
| 2010 | 96 | 96 | — | #1,629 |
| 2009 | 104 | 104 | — | #1,565 |
| 2008 | 122 | 122 | — | #1,394 |
| 2007 | 115 | 115 | — | #1,414 |
| 2006 | 145 | 145 | — | #1,163 |
| 2005 | 109 | 114 | — | #1,374 |
| 2004 | 133 | 133 | — | #1,175 |
| 2003 | 99 | 99 | — | #1,368 |
| 2002 | 97 | 97 | — | #1,360 |
| 2001 | 111 | 111 | — | #1,210 |
| 2000 | 110 | 115 | — | #1,221 |
| 1999 | 84 | 84 | — | #1,398 |
| 1998 | 95 | 95 | — | #1,273 |
| 1997 | 104 | — | — | #1,167 |
| 1996 | 91 | — | — | #1,227 |
| 1995 | 105 | — | — | #1,113 |
| 1994 | 85 | — | — | #1,269 |
| 1993 | 101 | — | #10,922 | #1,156 |
| 1992 | 81 | — | — | #1,256 |
| 1991 | 99 | — | — | #1,100 |
| 1990 | 69 | — | — | #1,340 |
| 1989 | 69 | — | — | #1,323 |
| 1988 | 71 | — | — | #1,206 |
| 1987 | 47 | — | — | #1,513 |
| 1986 | 64 | — | — | #1,194 |
| 1985 | 60 | — | — | #1,233 |
| 1984 | 51 | — | — | #1,302 |
| 1983 | 61 | — | — | #1,158 |
| 1982 | 51 | — | — | #1,311 |
| 1981 | 62 | — | — | #1,170 |
| 1980 | 54 | — | — | #1,262 |
| 1979 | 38 | — | — | #1,541 |
| 1978 | 44 | — | — | #1,400 |
| 1977 | 47 | — | — | #1,323 |
| 1976 | 37 | — | — | #1,475 |
| 1975 | 38 | — | — | #1,438 |
| 1974 | 40 | — | — | #1,357 |
| 1973 | 42 | — | — | #1,280 |
| 1972 | 37 | — | — | #1,394 |
| 1971 | 27 | — | — | #1,721 |
| 1970 | 30 | — | — | #1,555 |
| 1969 | 36 | — | — | #1,332 |
| 1968 | 25 | — | — | #1,592 |
| 1967 | 22 | — | — | #1,676 |
| 1966 | 26 | — | — | #1,521 |
| 1965 | 34 | — | — | #1,320 |
| 1964 | 23 | — | — | #1,670 |
| 1963 | 30 | — | — | #1,435 |
| 1962 | 26 | — | — | #1,557 |
| 1961 | 21 | — | — | #1,788 |
| 1960 | 28 | — | — | #1,532 |
| 1959 | 25 | — | — | #1,602 |
| 1958 | 24 | — | — | #1,606 |
| 1957 | 20 | — | — | #1,807 |
| 1956 | 19 | — | — | #1,849 |
| 1955 | 13 | — | — | #2,246 |
| 1954 | 28 | — | — | #1,445 |
| 1953 | 19 | — | — | #1,783 |
| 1952 | 15 | — | — | #2,029 |
| 1951 | 16 | — | — | #1,928 |
| 1950 | 17 | — | — | #1,836 |
| 1949 | 17 | — | — | #1,841 |
| 1948 | 20 | — | — | #1,670 |
| 1947 | 23 | — | — | #1,569 |
| 1946 | 12 | — | — | #2,186 |
| 1945 | 14 | — | — | #1,875 |
| 1944 | 16 | — | — | #1,761 |
| 1943 | 13 | — | — | #2,100 |
| 1942 | 10 | — | — | #2,421 |
| 1941 | 11 | — | — | #2,240 |
| 1940 | 7 | — | — | #2,943 |
| 1939 | 7 | — | — | #2,913 |
| 1938 | 5 | — | — | #3,674 |
| 1937 | 14 | — | — | #1,930 |
| 1936 | 11 | — | — | #2,215 |
| 1935 | 9 | — | — | #2,586 |
| 1934 | 19 | — | — | #1,624 |
| 1933 | 8 | — | — | #2,804 |
| 1932 | 14 | — | — | #2,030 |
| 1930 | 12 | — | — | #2,336 |
| 1929 | 20 | — | — | #1,692 |
| 1928 | 11 | — | — | #2,549 |
| 1927 | 13 | — | — | #2,327 |
| 1926 | 9 | — | — | #2,973 |
| 1925 | 10 | — | — | #2,808 |
| 1923 | 5 | — | — | #4,405 |
| 1922 | 6 | — | — | #3,979 |
| 1921 | 9 | — | — | #3,047 |
| 1919 | 5 | — | — | #4,340 |