Lazaro
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Meaning
“Spanish and Portuguese form of Lazarus, from Hebrew for 'God has helped'”
The story
Lazaro, the Spanish and Portuguese form of Lazarus, goes back through Greek to the Hebrew Eleazar, God has helped, and to the man from Bethany the Gospel of John says was called back to life four days dead. Names with that kind of story get kept. Cuba keeps it hardest: every December 17, tens of thousands walk to El Rincón outside Havana for San Lázaro, a devotion braided with the Santería spirit Babalú-Ayé. Mexico elected a president by this name, Lázaro Cárdenas, who nationalized the oil industry in 1938; Brazilian cinema answers with Lázaro Ramos, made famous by Madame Satã in 2002. The American record climbed from 79 boys in the 1910s to 1,342 in the 2000s; Brazil's census shows the steadiest kind of loyalty, between roughly 1,600 and 7,700 in every decade from the 1930s through the 2010s. A name about coming back that never quite left.
How popular is Lazaro around the world?
In the United States, 660 babies were named Lazaro between 2020 and 2025. In Montevideo, 14 boys named Lazaro were born in 2011, spelling variants counted together.
Lazaro is on the official records of the United States, Montevideo, Argentina, Brazil, Spain, Mexico City and Chile.
United States
1 in 33,000
In the United States, 660 babies were named Lazaro between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Lazaro peaked in the 1990s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Montevideo City
1 in 1,8002011
In Montevideo, 14 boys named Lazaro were born in 2011, spelling variants counted together.
share of that year’s births on record
Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial
Argentina
1 in 2,100
In Argentina, 309 newborns were given the name Lazaro in 2024.
share of that year’s name registrations
Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024
Brazil
1 in 3,600
At the 2022 census, 55,676 people in Brazil were named Lazaro, the 525th most common name, with a median age of 39.
Among people named Lazaro living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.
people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth
The census also counted 3,017 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
Spain
1 in 11,000
In Spain, 4,159 residents are named Lazaro, the 483rd most common name among men, with a mean age of 54.2 years.
Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025
Mexico City City
1 in 12,000
In Mexico City, there were 10 registrations of Lazaro in 2022.
share of that year’s registrations in the city
Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023
Chile
1 in 59,000
In Chile, 3 boys were registered as Lazaro in 2021, every accent spelling counted together, most often written Lázaro.
share of that year’s name registrations
First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021
Canada
last on record 2009
Lazaro is not on the 2024 record for Canada, where names under 5 in a year are excluded at source.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
England and Wales
last on record 2024
Lazaro is not on the 2025 record for England and Wales, where spellings under 3 in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
South Australia
last on record 1955
Lazaro is not on the 2017 record for South Australia, whose registry publishes every name given that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
Not on the record in Puerto Rico, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Lazaro
Most people given the name Lazaro in the United States were born between 1980 and 2019. The Lazaro you meet today is most often in his 20s or 30s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Lazaro deep dive
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