Eliezer is a distinctive choice, ranked #2264 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Eliezer in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#2264
US Rank #987
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 — 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 distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
In the US it ranks even higher at #987, where it enjoys a particularly strong following.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Eliezer
Unlikely. With around 10 UK babies named Eliezer per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Eliezer in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Eliezer has been declining in UK popularity, dropping 772 places in the last five years. Its peak was #1326 in 2003. Choosing it now means he is likely to be among the last of his generation with this name.
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 Mayenda Dossou is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Sunderland.; Eliezer Shkedi — 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...; Eliezer Avtabi — Eliezer Avtabi is an Israeli former politician who served as a member of the Knesset for the National Religious Party between 1974 and 1984..
Eliezer does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Eliezers in the wild.
10
UK babies named Eliezer (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 772 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
Likely around 1 other Eliezer in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
US Popularity (2020–2023)
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. He is also a former CEO of El Al, the flag carrier of Israel.
Eliezer Ben‑Yehuda was a Russian–Jewish linguist, lexicographer, and journalist who immigrated to Jerusalem in 1881, when the Ottoman Empire ruled it. He is renowned as the lexicographer of the first Hebrew dictionary and also as the editor of Jerusalem-based HaZvi, one of the first Hebrew newspapers published in Mandatory Palestine.
Rabbi Eliezer Papo was the rabbi of the community of Silistra in the Ottoman Empire (modern-day Bulgaria). He is famous for writing the Pele Yoetz, a work of musar (ethical) literature which gives advice on how to behave as a Jew in many aspects of life.
Eliezer ben Hurcanus (or Hyrcanus) (Hebrew: אליעזר בן הורקנוס) 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. He is the fifth most frequently mentioned sage in the Mishnah.
Eliezer Halfin was a Soviet-born wrestler with the Israeli Olympic team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. Along with 10 other athletes and coaches he was taken hostage and later murdered by Palestinian Black September terrorists on 5 September 1972.
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. He acceded to the position of rosh yeshiva after his father, Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel, died suddenly on 8 November 2011.