Meaning not yet researched.
Azriel: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 566 in 2025. Its best rank was #529 in 2025.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Its highest rank in 146 years of records is this year’s. About 97% of babies named Azriel in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#529 for US boys in 2025, its highest rank in 146 years of records.
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Azriel: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 566 boys in 2025. Peak: #529 in 2025 · most boys in one year: 566 (2025).
In 2025, 566 US boys were named Azriel, making it the 529th most common boys’ name of the year, up 76 places from #605 in 2024. That is 94 more than the 472 boys named Azriel in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #529, reached in this year, 2025. That year also had the most boys given the name: 566. For comparison, it was #1,546 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 20 US girls were named Azriel, making it the 5,947th most common girls’ name of the year, down 476 places from #5,471 in 2024. That is 3 fewer than the 23 girls named Azriel in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #3,398, reached in 2019. That year also had the most girls given the name: 46. For comparison, it was #6,275 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
Social Security card records list Azriel in 44 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1972 with 7 babies. In all, 4,686 US babies have been given the name, 15% of them girls and 85% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2020s, with 2,388 babies named Azriel.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,747 US boys were named Azriel; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 566. In 2025 that was about 1 in 3,018 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Azriel ranked highest in Rhode Island in 2025, at #203 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Azrael (3,549 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Azrielle, Azreal and Asriel are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Azrielle (305), Azreal (252), Asriel (207), Azryel (32).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Azriel in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 19 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | 5 | #203 | — |
| Arizona | 36 | #225 | #896 |
| Nevada | 11 | #269 | — |
| New Mexico | 7 | #273 | — |
| Texas | 111 | #341 | #1,368 |
| Connecticut | 7 | #386 | — |
| Colorado | 15 | #404 | #797 |
| Idaho | 5 | #442 | — |
| California | 66 | #484 | #1,459 |
| Massachusetts | 9 | #516 | — |
| Georgia | 20 | #522 | — |
| New York | 30 | #531 | #1,254 |
| Florida | 33 | #533 | #1,284 |
| North Carolina | 18 | #540 | — |
| Indiana | 12 | #548 | — |
| South Carolina | 8 | #556 | — |
| Oklahoma | 7 | #557 | — |
| Maryland | 8 | #576 | — |
| Ohio | 16 | #595 | — |
| Washington | 11 | #606 | — |
| Oregon | 5 | #619 | — |
| Wisconsin | 7 | #623 | — |
| Utah | 6 | #627 | — |
| Virginia | 11 | #635 | — |
| New Jersey | 10 | #662 | — |
| Minnesota | 6 | #724 | #723 |
| Illinois | 11 | #756 | — |
| Alabama | 5 | #775 | — |
| Tennessee | 8 | #782 | — |
| Missouri | 6 | #794 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 10 | #798 | — |
| Michigan | 8 | #836 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | #5,947 | 566 | #529 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,471 | 472 | #605 |
| 2023 | 28 | #4,767 | 416 | #657 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,487 | 353 | #735 |
| 2021 | 27 | #4,858 | 245 | #924 |
| 2020 | 40 | #3,693 | 175 | #1,124 |
| 2019 | 46 | #3,398 | 159 | #1,202 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,564 | 111 | #1,531 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,354 | 125 | #1,403 |
| 2016 | 25 | #5,303 | 125 | #1,400 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,275 | 105 | #1,546 |
| 2014 | 17 | #7,034 | 84 | #1,782 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,508 | 84 | #1,735 |
| 2012 | 28 | #4,983 | 82 | #1,801 |
| 2011 | 37 | #4,013 | 92 | #1,645 |
| 2010 | 33 | #4,408 | 93 | #1,665 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,734 | 97 | #1,627 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6,846 | 89 | #1,710 |
| 2007 | 27 | #5,256 | 54 | #2,377 |
| 2006 | 27 | #5,105 | 60 | #2,151 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,193 | 51 | #2,299 |
| 2004 | 24 | #5,232 | 43 | #2,532 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,348 | 41 | #2,511 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,741 | 43 | #2,378 |
| 2001 | 15 | #7,003 | 37 | #2,567 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,644 | 33 | #2,743 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,784 | 24 | #3,286 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,279 | 16 | #4,219 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,423 | 13 | #4,686 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,775 | 14 | #4,415 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,669 | 7 | #7,051 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,678 | 10 | #5,488 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,680 | 9 | #5,802 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,510 | 11 | #4,898 |
| 1991 | — | — | 8 | #5,993 |
| 1990 | 5 | #13,187 | 5 | #8,224 |
| 1987 | — | — | 5 | #7,047 |
| 1986 | — | — | 7 | #5,382 |
| 1985 | — | — | 9 | #4,362 |
| 1982 | — | — | 7 | #5,058 |
| 1981 | — | — | 6 | #5,546 |
| 1980 | — | — | 6 | #5,582 |
| 1979 | — | — | 6 | #5,414 |
| 1972 | — | — | 7 | #4,002 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).