Boys' name · since 1918
Azad
380 babies named Azad in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,291 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,559 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 380
- born since 1918
- 2020s
- peak decade
380 babies have been named Azad since 1918, making it today's #4559 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Azad has been recorded 380 times among boys since 1918, currently ranked #4559 nationally and more common than 67% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 2025.
- #9,291 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,559 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 380 born since 1918
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Azad ranks #9,291 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,559 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 380 born since 1918, peaking in the 2020s.
- #9,291 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,559 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 380
- born since 1918
- 2020s
- peak decade
Azad's 380 recorded births place it above 79.52% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Azad compares
380 Top 50% higher than 50% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Azad's all-time total is 3% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Azad | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 380 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 36 | 34 | 22,252 |
Azad's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Azad splits its recorded history at 2008: 70% of all births land in the more recent half, 30% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1919 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2023 peak of 36 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Azad popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 36
- Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
Azad by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (137 births, 36% of the file).
2020s was Azad's strongest decade.
137 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Azad births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 12
1910s
12 births
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 36
1980s
36 births
- 1990s 28
1990s
28 births
- 2000s 37
2000s
37 births
- 2010s
2010s
120 births
- 2020s
2020s
137 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 137 births (36% of all-time use).
Azad by state
Where Azad concentrates geographically, total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 53 | 13.9% |
| #2 | Virginia | | 5 | 1.3% |
53 of 380 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- California records the most Azads (53 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Azad: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~107 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1918–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Azad draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.