Azel

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Peak · boys
#1,162
1900 · 6 births
Debut · boys
1900
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
470
since 1900

Azel over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #4,342, 1938peak #1,162, 1900girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025—#4,05026
2024#11,1228#3,52432
2023#12,1977#3,29336
2022—#3,87928
2021—#4,01126
2020#11,0908#3,73428
2019#10,4739#3,63630
2018—#5,10618
2017#14,1246#5,78815
2016#9,41111#7,60510
2015#13,0067#5,05818
2014#14,5586#5,25217
2013—#8,1189
2012#16,8695#5,48216
2011#14,8246#7,00911
2010—#12,2315
2009—#12,4915
2008—#9,8717
2007—#8,1739
2006—#8,7328
2005—#11,4725
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1921#5,0995#3,8696
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First appearance
1900

The first year at least five boys were named Azel! It came in at #1,162, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1901–1914, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Azel is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedHITexas: #1,908 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 21,881 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Azel, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Texas#1,908 · 1 in 21,881

Best ever in a state: #1,570 in Texas, 2019.

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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 Azel
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 526 spots since 2024 (#3,524 → #4,050)
  • 316 spots since 2020 (#3,734 → #4,050)
  • 1,008 spots since 2015 (#5,058 → #4,050)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1900
  • Peaked 1900 at #1,162 (6 births)
  • Births halved by 1901, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 25,079
  • Highest: 1 in 25,079 boys born in 1900 were named Azel (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 65,695 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 37.4% of all boys named Azel (176) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2017
  • Mostly girls until 2016, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s6#1,162 (1900)#1,162
1910s19#2,829 (1915)#3,515
1920s42#2,725 (1926)#3,537
1930s12#3,004 (1933)#3,325
1940s10#3,459 (1940)#3,596
1950s5#3,944 (1958)#3,944
1960s0——
1970s7#4,582 (1977)#4,582
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1990s5#9,631 (1998)#9,631
2000s39#8,173 (2007)#10,272
2010s149#3,636 (2019)#6,529
2020s176#3,293 (2023)#3,749

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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