Lazar
Recorded 1931–2025 · United States
Lazar was most popular in 2012, when 39 American babies were given the name — ranking #6,684 that year. In 2025 it ranked #9,082, with 24 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 811 people named Lazar.
Lazar over time
How old is the name Lazar?
Lazar first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1931, which makes it about 94 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 54 of the 95 years since.
How many people are named Lazar?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 811 American births named Lazar between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 784 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Lazar in 2025?
24 American babies were named Lazar in 2025, ranking #9,082 that year.
Is Lazar getting more or less popular?
Lazar is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 26 births a year, against 27 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -4% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Lazar a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Lazar is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 811 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Lazar?
Roughly 784 Americans named Lazar are alive today — 97% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 16 years old, and half are between 8 and 28.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Lazar is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org