Boys' name · since 2008
Azai
Azai has 1,574 recorded births since 2008 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,812 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #809 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,574
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Azai currently ranks #809 among boys' names in America, with 1,574 babies recorded since 2008.
Social Security Administration records show Azai recorded 1,574 times among boys since 2008, holding rank #809 nationally today, ahead of 94% of boys, 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 2008 to 2025.
- #3,812 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #809 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,574 born since 2008
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Azai ranks #3,812 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #809 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,574 born since 2008, peaking in the 2020s.
- #3,812 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #809 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,574
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Azai's 1,574 recorded births place it above 91.61% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
26 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Florida.
How Azai compares
1,574 Top 25% higher than 75% 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
Azai's all-time total is 4x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Azai | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,574 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 307 | 34 | 22,252 |
Azai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Azai splits its recorded history at 2017: 92% of all births land in the more recent half, 8% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2009 (7 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 307 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Azai popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 307
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Azai popularity over time - girls
26 total births recorded since 2021 (Azai as girls' name)
Azai by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,177 births, 75% of the file).
2020s was Azai's strongest decade.
1,177 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 75% of all-time use.
Azai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 15
2000s
15 births
- 2010s 382
2010s
382 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,177 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,177 births (75% of all-time use).
How Azai compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Azai's total volume
Azai by state
Where Azai concentrates geographically, total births since 2008
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 146 | 9.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 142 | 9.0% |
| #3 | New York | | 132 | 8.4% |
| #4 | California | | 109 | 6.9% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 79 | 5.0% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 79 | 5.0% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 61 | 3.9% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 44 | 2.8% |
146 of 1,574 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 26 reporting states.
Azai appears in 26 states. Explore state details →
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- Florida records the most Azais (146 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Azai: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
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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, 2008–2025 (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 Azai 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.