Lazarus

boys’ nameAt its peak · modern nameCompare

Lazarus is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 143 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024: —outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024: 1430.01% of boys
Peak year: 2021172 births
Best rank: —never in the top 1,000
Since 1882: 3,854people given the name

Babies named Lazarus, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

3,854 boys have been named Lazarus in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 172 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2009, and the 2010s alone account for 30%.

By decade

Decade	boys named Lazarus
1880s	15
1890s	10
1900s	17
1910s	97
1920s	84
1930s	45
1940s	48
1950s	76
1960s	72
1970s	157
1980s	251
1990s	362
2000s	710
2010s	1,173
2020s	737

In 2021, its biggest year

Lazarus was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2021 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah and James. See all of 2021.

Names that rose and fell with Lazarus

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.