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How popular is the name Lazar?

Births per year, rank history and how many Lazars are alive today.

Lazar (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 2664th in 2025 and given to 8 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2023, when 10 babies were given the name, the 2161st most popular that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade. Lazar is one spelling of a name also recorded as Lazer; the combined figures below cover every spelling.

Across all spellings of the name, the Lazar you are most likely to meet is around 4 years old. Half of all Lazars born in England and Wales are between 4 and 17, and there are at least 160 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Lazar - on average, only one in every 1,894 such rooms contains a Lazar.

How many babies are named Lazar each year?

Includes all spellings: Lazar, Lazer. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

05101520202001: 32003: 32004: 32006: 32007: 42008: 32009: 32010: 32013: 62014: 112015: 42016: 62017: 132018: 82019: 32020: 72021: 102022: 122023: 162024: 72025: 13actual

Where does the Lazar spelling rank?

1101001,0005,00020202003: ranked 3,4672004: ranked 3,6512006: ranked 4,0522007: ranked 3,5892008: ranked 4,4322009: ranked 4,5272010: ranked 4,6782013: ranked 4,6852014: ranked 2,9642016: ranked 4,8102017: ranked 3,4492018: ranked 3,9592019: ranked 4,7022020: ranked 2,6822021: ranked 2,7302022: ranked 2,5302023: ranked 2,1612025: ranked 2,664

Where does the Lazer spelling rank?

1101001,0005,00020202001: ranked 3,1342013: ranked 4,6852014: ranked 3,3622015: ranked 3,9082016: ranked 4,8102017: ranked 2,5122018: ranked 3,9592021: ranked 4,7892022: ranked 4,0022023: ranked 3,1132024: ranked 2,9222025: ranked 3,684

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Lazar per year in England and Wales, 2001 to 2025, peaking at about 16 in 2023
Lazar: births per year in England and Wales, 2001-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Lazar most popular?

Lazar peaked in 2023, when 16 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.

How many people are called Lazar?

At least 160 people named Lazar in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Lazar?

Most living Lazars are between 4 and 17; the most common age is about 4.

Is Lazar becoming more or less popular?

Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.






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