boy's name

Eliezer

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Top 1000 (US)
  • Births on record 9,063

the United States

#895

2025 births

Eliezer is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 271 babies in the United States, ranking #895. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

  • Peaked in 2025, when 271 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 12,234 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1947.

Eliezer over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1940s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

2,010
'40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Eliezer by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1940s 18
1950s 153
1960s 250
1970s 524
1980s 943
1990s 1,188
2000s 1,723
2010s 2,010
2020s (to 2025) 1,360

How popular is Eliezer?

In 2025, Eliezer was given to 271 babies in the United States, ranking #895 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Where Eliezer is used

United States #895 271 in 2025
Ireland #900 3 in 2019
England & Wales #1,514 18 in 2025
Canada #2,261 9 in 2024
France #2,969 10 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Eliezer is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Eliézer Eliézer is a rare spelling of Eliezer, written with an acute accent and recorded about 15 times, mostly in France. 15
Éliézer Éliézer is a rare spelling of Eliezer, written with an acute accent and recorded about 5 times, mostly in France. 5

Names that peaked alongside Eliezer

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Eliezer also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Eliezer over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Eliezer

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Eliezer — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Eliezer

How popular is the name Eliezer?

In 2025, Eliezer was given to 271 babies in the United States, ranking #895 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.

Is Eliezer a girl's or a boy's name?

Eliezer is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Eliezer most popular?

Eliezer peaked in 2025, when 271 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Eliezer a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Eliezer currently ranks #895 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.