Eliezer is a distinctive choice, ranked #1466 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Eliezer in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#1466
US Rank #893
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About the Name Eliezer
Eliezer has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 772 places in five years. It was most popular in 2003 at #1326 โ parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Eliezer is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Eliezer in their class.
In the US it ranks even higher at #987, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
โญ Famous People Named Eliezer
Eliezer Mayenda โ Eliezer Mayenda Dossou is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Sunderland.
Eliezer Shkedi โ Aluf Eliezer "Eli" Shkedy is a retired general in the Israel Defense Forces, who served as commander of the Israeli Air Force from 4 April 2004 until 13 May 2008.
Eliezer Avtabi โ Eliezer Avtabi is an Israeli former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the National Religious Party between 1974 and 1984.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Eliezer
Unlikely. With around 18 UK babies named Eliezer per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Eliezer in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Eliezer has been fairly steady, ranked #1,466 in 2025 against #1,492 in 2020. Its best recorded position was #1,326 in 2003.
Eliezer is more popular in the US (#987) than in the UK (#2264). Names with strong rankings in both countries tend to have broad cross-cultural appeal, working well for international families or those with ties to both nations.
Notable people named Eliezer include: Eliezer Mayenda, Eliezer Shkedi and Eliezer Avtabi. Short summaries for each appear below.
Eliezer does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice โ your child is unlikely to encounter American Eliezers in the wild.
18
UK babies named Eliezer (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 26 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Eliezer
Almost certainly the only Eliezer in the class
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UK Popularity (1996–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2025)
Rank · SSA official data
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Aluf Eliezer "Eli" Shkedy is a retired general in the Israel Defense Forces, who served as commander of the Israeli Air Force from 4 April 2004 until 13 May 2008.
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Eliezer ben Hurcanus (or Hyrcanus) (Hebrew: ืืืืขืืจ ืื ืืืจืงื ืืก) was one of the most prominent Judean tannaitic sages of 1st- and 2nd-century Judaism, a disciple of Rabban Yohanan ben Zakkai, and a colleague of Gamaliel II (whose sister, Ima Shalom, he married) and Joshua ben Hananiah.
Rav Eliezer Yehuda Finkel (also called Leizer Yudel Finkel) is a Haredi Jewish rosh yeshiva (dean) of the Mir Yeshiva in Jerusalem, which is considered to be the largest yeshiva in Israel with a student body of 9,500 students.