boys:
3.7k births since 1882
#2036 (56th percentile)
overall:
3.7k births since 1882
#4504 (42nd percentile)
The name Lazarus is the #4,504 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,709 recorded births since 1882. This represents the 41.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 41.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,036 (55.6% percentile) for all time with 3,709 births since 1882.
Lazarus first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1882 (first recorded for boys in 1882). Birth data for Lazarus is available in 112 out of the 142 years between 1882 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Lazarus reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 18.0% percentile (ranked #763) with 92 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 92 births per million (ranked 18.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2005, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Lazarus ranks #784 for boys (14.0% percentile) with 72 births per million, which is 78.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Lazarus".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Lazarus. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 82.4% confident that Lazarus is pronounced as LA-zer-uhs, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is luh-ZER-uhs, at 17.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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