Boys' name · since 1980
Azam
209 babies named Azam in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,673 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,860 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 209
- born since 1980
- 2010s
- peak decade
209 babies have been named Azam since 1980, making it today's #7860 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Azam recorded 209 times among boys since 1980, holding rank #7860 nationally today, ahead of 44% of boys, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2025.
- #12,673 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,860 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 209 born since 1980
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Azam ranks #12,673 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,860 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 209 born since 1980, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,673 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,860 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 209
- born since 1980
- 2010s
- peak decade
Azam's 209 recorded births place it above 72.07% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Azam compares
209 39th 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
Azam's all-time total is 43% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Azam | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 209 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Azam's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Azam's full recorded timeline at 2006, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1988, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Azam popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Azam by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (60 births, 29% of the file).
2010s was Azam's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Azam births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 17
1980s
17 births
- 1990s
1990s
43 births
- 2000s
2000s
41 births
- 2010s
2010s
60 births
- 2020s
2020s
48 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 60 births (29% of all-time use).
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What to do with Azam's data
- Azam's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (60 total births) through the 2020s (48) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Azam: 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 (~45 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, 1980–2025 (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 Azam 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.