Meaning and history
Eleazar comes from the Hebrew name אֶלְעָזָר (ʾElʿazar), meaning “God has helped,” formed from אֵל (ʾel), “God,” and עָזַר (ʿazar), “to help.” In the Old Testament, it is the name of one of Aaron’s sons, and in the New Testament it appears as the name of an ancestor of Jesus in the genealogy in the Gospel of Matthew.
20062006: 145 births, rank #1,163
2007: 115 births, rank #1,412
2008: 122 births, rank #1,389
2009: 104 births, rank #1,562
2010: 96 births, rank #1,626
20112011: 90 births, rank #1,666
2012: 107 births, rank #1,498
2013: 121 births, rank #1,387
2014: 125 births, rank #1,362
2015: 128 births, rank #1,359
20162016: 131 births, rank #1,356
2017: 159 births, rank #1,175
2018: 144 births, rank #1,276
2019: 142 births, rank #1,301
2020: 171 births, rank #1,142
20212021: 170 births, rank #1,165
2022: 181 births, rank #1,146
2023: 195 births, rank #1,096
2024: 183 births, rank #1,145
20252025: 189 births, rank #1,128
In 2025, 189 babies were recorded with the name Eleazar, ranking #1,128 among boys.