Azalea
#278 for girls in 2025, 1,109 births
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 1,109 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 11,739since 1902
Azalea over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Azalea has never cracked the top 200 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #278 | 1,109 |
| 2024 | #357 | 872 |
| 2023 | #365 | 841 |
| 2022 | #401 | 783 |
| 2021 | #419 | 753 |
| 2020 | #483 | 634 |
| 2019 | #528 | 581 |
| 2018 | #509 | 610 |
| 2017 | #576 | 523 |
| 2016 | #586 | 524 |
| 2015 | #580 | 524 |
| 2014 | #531 | 584 |
| 2013 | #628 | 446 |
| 2012 | #893 | 296 |
| 2011 | #1,182 | 204 |
| 2010 | #1,392 | 165 |
| 2009 | #1,639 | 136 |
| 2008 | #1,635 | 138 |
| 2007 | #1,704 | 128 |
| 2006 | #1,722 | 121 |
| 2005 | #1,513 | 137 |
| 2004 | #1,925 | 97 |
| 2003 | #1,925 | 94 |
| 2002 | #1,844 | 97 |
| 2001 | #1,978 | 86 |
| 2000 | #2,508 | 60 |
| 1999 | #2,471 | 58 |
| 1998 | #2,429 | 57 |
| 1997 | #2,360 | 56 |
| 1996 | #2,672 | 46 |
| 1995 | #3,780 | 28 |
| 1994 | #3,372 | 33 |
| 1993 | #3,351 | 33 |
| 1992 | #4,088 | 25 |
| 1991 | #4,059 | 25 |
| 1990 | #4,230 | 23 |
| 1989 | #3,784 | 26 |
| 1988 | #4,308 | 20 |
| 1987 | #4,283 | 19 |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 |
| 1985 | #5,077 | 14 |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 |
| 1983 | #4,686 | 15 |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 |
| 1981 | #3,739 | 21 |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 14 |
| 1978 | #3,777 | 19 |
| 1977 | #4,235 | 16 |
| 1976 | #3,812 | 17 |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 |
| 1974 | #3,426 | 19 |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | — | |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,263 | 10 |
| 1961 | — | |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,826 | 17 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 |
| 1953 | #2,516 | 18 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 |
| 1950 | #3,235 | 11 |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 |
| 1945 | — | |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 |
| 1938 | #3,450 | 7 |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 |
| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 |
| 1933 | — | |
| 1932 | #3,047 | 9 |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,437 | 13 |
| 1928 | #2,954 | 10 |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 |
| 1926 | #2,569 | 13 |
| 1925 | #2,939 | 11 |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 |
| 1923 | #3,125 | 10 |
| 1922 | #2,479 | 14 |
| 1921 | #2,195 | 17 |
| 1920 | #1,708 | 24 |
| 1919 | #2,384 | 14 |
| 1918 | #1,887 | 20 |
| 1917 | #2,316 | 14 |
| 1916 | #2,028 | 16 |
| 1915 | #2,526 | 11 |
| 1914 | #2,434 | 9 |
| 1913 | #1,670 | 13 |
| 1912 | #1,844 | 10 |
| 1911 | #2,191 | 6 |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 |
| 1908 | #1,261 | 11 |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 |
| 1906 | #1,154 | 11 |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 |
| 1902 | #1,438 | 7 |
| 1901 | — | |
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| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1902
The first year at least five girls were named Azalea! It came in at #1,438, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1930, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Azalea is popular in 2018
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Hawaii#203 · 1 in 578
- South Dakota#222 · 1 in 612
- New Mexico#258 · 1 in 831
- Oregon#269 · 1 in 1,000
- Arizona#324 · 1 in 1,336
Best ever in a state: #57 in Wyoming, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #203 | 5 | 1 in 578 |
| South Dakota | #222 | 5 | 1 in 612 |
| New Mexico | #258 | 7 | 1 in 831 |
| Oregon | #269 | 14 | 1 in 1,000 |
| Arizona | #324 | 22 | 1 in 1,336 |
| Washington | #340 | 21 | 1 in 1,448 |
| Oklahoma | #352 | 12 | 1 in 1,304 |
| Wisconsin | #372 | 14 | 1 in 1,590 |
| Minnesota | #387 | 15 | 1 in 1,566 |
| Texas | #392 | 82 | 1 in 1,938 |
| Utah | #398 | 10 | 1 in 1,668 |
| Colorado | #408 | 13 | 1 in 1,713 |
| South Carolina | #412 | 11 | 1 in 1,607 |
| Michigan | #428 | 21 | 1 in 1,916 |
| Kentucky | #431 | 10 | 1 in 1,774 |
| California | #445 | 85 | 1 in 2,229 |
| Tennessee | #466 | 16 | 1 in 1,948 |
| Mississippi | #477 | 6 | 1 in 1,792 |
| Arkansas | #482 | 6 | 1 in 1,835 |
| Missouri | #484 | 12 | 1 in 2,208 |
| Indiana | #509 | 13 | 1 in 2,286 |
| Nevada | #535 | 5 | 1 in 2,124 |
| Florida | #555 | 32 | 1 in 2,659 |
| Ohio | #582 | 18 | 1 in 2,835 |
| Illinois | #584 | 19 | 1 in 2,817 |
| Iowa | #586 | 5 | 1 in 2,455 |
| New York | #586 | 30 | 1 in 2,890 |
| Pennsylvania | #625 | 16 | 1 in 3,144 |
| Massachusetts | #657 | 7 | 1 in 3,515 |
| North Carolina | #730 | 12 | 1 in 3,751 |
| Virginia | #766 | 9 | 1 in 3,994 |
| New Jersey | #925 | 7 | 1 in 5,132 |
| Georgia | #951 | 9 | 1 in 5,140 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Azalea
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 79 spots since 2024 (#357 → #278)
- 205 spots since 2020 (#483 → #278)
- 302 spots since 2015 (#580 → #278)
- Biggest jump: 289 spots in 2012 (#1,182 → #893)
- Biggest drop: 49 spots in 2015 (#531 → #580)
Rise & fade · girls
123 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1902
- Peaked 2025 at #278 (1,109 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 14 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 14 yrs · run 2012–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,449
- Highest: 1 in 1,449 girls born in 2025 were named Azalea (0.07%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
- 42.5% of all girls named Azalea (4,992) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 59 | #1,154 (1906) | #1,584 |
| 1910s | 118 | #1,670 (1913) | #2,168 |
| 1920s | 127 | #1,708 (1920) | #2,836 |
| 1930s | 55 | #2,926 (1935) | #3,602 |
| 1940s | 32 | #3,040 (1943) | #4,255 |
| 1950s | 81 | #2,516 (1953) | #4,131 |
| 1960s | 43 | #4,263 (1962) | #4,901 |
| 1970s | 135 | #3,426 (1974) | #4,702 |
| 1980s | 162 | #3,739 (1981) | #4,870 |
| 1990s | 384 | #2,360 (1997) | #3,281 |
| 2000s | 1,094 | #1,513 (2005) | #1,839 |
| 2010s | 4,457 | #509 (2018) | #741 |
| 2020s | 4,992 | #278 (2025) | #384 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Azalea in 2018
girls
#509
610 births · 1 in 2,789 girls
Top girls' names in 2018
More about 2018
girls
1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 2,789 of them was named Azalea, which outranked 97.2% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).