Girls' name · since 2008
Azarah
Azarah has 345 recorded births since 2008 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,745 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,025 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 345
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Azarah currently ranks #3025 among girls' names in America, with 345 babies recorded since 2008.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Azarah has been recorded 345 times among girls since 2008, currently ranked #3025 nationally and more common than 83% of girls, 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 2008 to 2025.
- #14,745 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,025 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 345 born since 2008
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Azarah ranks #14,745 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,025 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 345 born since 2008, peaking in the 2020s.
- #14,745 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,025 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 345
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Azarah's 345 recorded births place it above 79.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Pennsylvania.
How Azarah compares
345 48th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Azarah's all-time total is 8% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Azarah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 345 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 55 | 21 | 19,840 |
Azarah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Azarah's full recorded timeline at 2017, 78% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 22% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2008, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 55 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Azarah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 55
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Azarah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (209 births, 61% of the file).
2020s was Azarah's strongest decade.
209 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Azarah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 13
2000s
13 births
- 2010s
2010s
123 births
- 2020s
2020s
209 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 209 births (61% of all-time use).
Azarah by state
Where Azarah concentrates geographically, total births since 2008
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 26 | 7.5% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 5 | 1.4% |
26 of 345 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Pennsylvania records the most Azarahs (26 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 Azarah: 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 (~17 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, 2008–2025 (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 Azarah 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.