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How popular is the name Lazarus?

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

Lazarus (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 4275th in 2025 and given to 4 babies. The name peaked in 2017, when 7 babies were given the name, the 2734th most popular that year.

The Lazarus you are most likely to meet is around 3 years old. Half of all Lazaruses born in England and Wales are between 7 and 26, and there are at least 110 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 Lazarus - on average, only one in every 2,755 such rooms contains a Lazarus.

How many babies are named Lazarus each year?

0246200020201999: 42004: 32005: 32007: 42009: 32013: 52015: 52016: 32017: 72018: 32022: 52023: 52024: 72025: 4actual

Where does Lazarus rank among boys' names?

1101001,0005,000200020201999: ranked 2,4252004: ranked 3,6512005: ranked 3,8492007: ranked 3,5892009: ranked 4,5272013: ranked 3,3152015: ranked 3,3732016: ranked 4,8102017: ranked 2,7342018: ranked 4,7492022: ranked 3,4502023: ranked 3,5242024: ranked 2,9222025: ranked 4,275

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 Lazarus per year in England and Wales, 1999 to 2025, peaking at about 7 in 2017
Lazarus: births per year in England and Wales, 1999-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Lazarus most popular?

Lazarus peaked in 2017, when 7 babies in England and Wales were given the name.

How many people are called Lazarus?

At least 110 people named Lazarus born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Lazarus?

Most living Lazaruses are between 7 and 26; the most common age is about 3.

Is Lazarus becoming more or less popular?

Broadly steady in recent years.






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