Lazzaro
Lazzaro is a name with a single cultural origin: Italian.
- Italian
Meaning & Origin of Lazzaro
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Lazzaro is a name with a single cultural origin: Italian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
The Story of Lazzaro
American parents first put Lazzaro on the record books as a baby boy name in 1928, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2018, when 6 Lazzaros were born — ranking #10,757 that year. About 55% of every Lazzaro on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Lazzaro last appeared in the published SSA data in 2018, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 11 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1920s to the 2020s.
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About the name Lazzaro
Lazzaro is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1928 and has accumulated 11 births in the dataset. Lazzaro's peak popularity came in 2018 when it ranked #10,757. Use the chart and map above to compare Lazzaro's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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