Boys' name · since 1973
Azar
Azar has 212 recorded births since 1973 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,584 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,151 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 212
- born since 1973
- 2020s
- peak decade
Azar currently ranks #3151 among boys' names in America, with 212 babies recorded since 1973.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Azar has been recorded 212 times among boys since 1973, currently ranked #3151 nationally and more common than 77% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2025.
- #12,584 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,151 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 212 born since 1973
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Azar ranks #12,584 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,151 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 212 born since 1973, peaking in the 2020s.
- #12,584 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,151 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 212
- born since 1973
- 2020s
- peak decade
Azar's 212 recorded births place it above 72.26% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Pennsylvania.
How Azar compares
212 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
Azar's all-time total is 43% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Azar | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 212 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 38 | 34 | 22,252 |
Azar's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Azar's SSA record in two at 2016 and the more recent half accounts for 77% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 23%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1973, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 38, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Azar popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 38
- Annual births at peak, across 53 years of records
Azar popularity over time - girls
10 total births recorded since 2016 (Azar as girls' name)
Azar by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (138 births, 65% of the file).
2020s was Azar's strongest decade.
138 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Azar births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 17
2000s
17 births
- 2010s 46
2010s
46 births
- 2020s
2020s
138 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 138 births (65% of all-time use).
Azar by state
Where Azar concentrates geographically, total births since 1973
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 7 | 3.3% |
7 of 212 births nationwide.
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- Pennsylvania records the most Azars (7 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Pennsylvania 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 Azar: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~52 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, 1973–2025 (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 Azar 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.