Boys' name · since 2018
Azair
Since 2018, U.S. Social Security records show 148 babies named Azair, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #14,827 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,135 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 148
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Azair currently ranks #4135 among boys' names in America, with 148 babies recorded since 2018.
Azair has 148 recorded births among boys since 2018, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4135 as of the latest data, more common than 70% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2018 to 2025.
- #14,827 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,135 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 148 born since 2018
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Azair ranks #14,827 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,135 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 148 born since 2018, peaking in the 2020s.
- #14,827 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,135 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 148
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Azair's 148 recorded births place it above 67.32% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Azair compares
148 32nd percentile among 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
Azair's all-time total is 60% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Azair | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 148 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 39 | 34 | 22,252 |
Azair's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Azair's full recorded timeline at 2022, 76% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 24% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2019, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 39 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Azair popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 39
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Currently ranks #4135 among boys.
148 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 39 births in a single year.
Azair by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (136 births, 92% of the file).
2020s was Azair's strongest decade.
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 92% of all-time use.
Azair births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 12
2010s
12 births
- 2020s
2020s
136 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 136 births (92% of all-time use).
Azair decade highlights
- Peak decade 136 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Azair by state
Where Azair concentrates geographically, total births since 2018
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 8 | 5.4% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 4.1% |
8 of 148 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 5.4% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 4.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 5.4% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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What to do with Azair's data
- New York records the most Azairs (8 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Azair: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~7 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, 2018–2025 (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 Azair 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.
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