Azaiah — #883 US boys' name
1,614 babies named Azaiah in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 94% of names given to boys today.
55% of everyone ever named Azaiah was born in this single decade.
272 babies were named Azaiah in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Azaiah
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,614 babies named Azaiah between 1998 and 2024, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Azaiah currently holds the #883 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 272 babies received it in a single year. Azaiah is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 143 additional births since 2005.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Azaiah performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 880 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Azaiah shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 234 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Azaiah in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Azaiah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,614 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Azaiah at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Azaiah popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1998
- Peak year (2024)
- 272
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
Currently ranks #883 among boys.
1,614 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 272 births in a single year.
Azaiah popularity over time — girls
143 total births recorded since 2005 (Azaiah as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Azaiah accounts for 8% of total recorded use across both genders.
Azaiah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 880 births that decade — 55% of Azaiah's all-time total
Azaiah decade highlights
- Peak decade 880 births
- Runner-up 624 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Azaiah's strongest decade
880 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Azaiah by state
Where Azaiah concentrates geographically — total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 234 | 14.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 222 | 13.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 108 | 6.7% |
| #4 | New York | | 64 | 4.0% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 33 | 2.0% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 29 | 1.8% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 28 | 1.7% |
| #8 | Colorado | | 23 | 1.4% |
234 of 1,614 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 20 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 14.5% of nationwide
- Texas 13.8% of nationwide
- Florida 6.7% of nationwide
- New York 4.0% of nationwide
- Arizona 2.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 20 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 14.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Azaiah appears in 20 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1998–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.