Azalea — #359 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Azalea

The Social Security Administration has registered 10,618 babies named Azalea between 1902 and 2024, spanning 123 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Azalea currently holds the #359 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 868 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Azalea performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 4,453 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Azalea shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,629 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Azalea in 46 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Azalea 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 10,618 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.