Unisex name · since 1998
Azaiah
Azaiah has 1,962 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,345 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #749 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,962
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Azaiah currently ranks #749 among unisex names in America, with 1,962 babies recorded since 1998.
Social Security Administration records show Azaiah recorded 1,962 times among boys since 1998, holding rank #749 nationally today, ahead of 95% 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 1998 to 2025.
- #3,345 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #749 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,962 born since 1998
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Azaiah ranks #3,345 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #749 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,962 born since 1998, peaking in the 2020s.
- #3,345 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #749 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,962
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Azaiah's 1,962 recorded births place it above 92.64% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
24 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Azaiah compares
1,962 Top 22% higher than 78% 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
Azaiah's all-time total is 5x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Azaiah | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,962 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 346 | 34 | 22,252 |
Azaiah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Azaiah splits its recorded history at 2012: 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 1998 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 346 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Azaiah popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 346
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Azaiah popularity over time - girls
171 total births recorded since 2005 (Azaiah as girls' name)
Azaiah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,228 births, 63% of the file).
2020s was Azaiah's strongest decade.
1,228 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Azaiah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s 98
2000s
98 births
- 2010s
2010s
624 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,228 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,228 births (63% of all-time use).
How Azaiah 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 Azaiah's total volume
Azaiah by state
Where Azaiah concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 293 | 14.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 287 | 14.6% |
| #3 | Florida | | 141 | 7.2% |
| #4 | New York | | 81 | 4.1% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 46 | 2.3% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 39 | 2.0% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 37 | 1.9% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 31 | 1.6% |
293 of 1,962 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 24 reporting states.
Azaiah appears in 24 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Azaiahs (293 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Azaiah: 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, 1998–2025 (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 Azaiah 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.