Girls' name · since 1999
Azah
Since 1999, U.S. Social Security records show 21 babies named Azah, peaking in 2016. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #45,209 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 21
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Azah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 21 have been recorded since 1999.
Social Security Administration records show Azah recorded 21 times among girls since 1999, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2023.
- #45,209 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 21 born since 1999
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Azah ranks #45,209 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 21 born since 1999, peaking in the 2020s.
- #45,209 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 21
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Azah's 21 recorded births place it above 36.74% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Azah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Azah's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1999, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2016 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Azah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2023
- Peak year (2016)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Azah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (10 births, 48% of the file).
2020s was Azah's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Azah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 10 births (48% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Azah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1999–2023 (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 Azah 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.