Azarel — #5365 US boys' name
150 babies named Azarel in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 62% of names given to boys today.
40% of everyone ever named Azarel was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Azarel in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Azarel
The Social Security Administration has registered 150 babies named Azarel between 2000 and 2024, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Azarel currently holds the #5365 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Azarel performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 60 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Azarel shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Azarel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Azarel 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 150 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.
Azarel at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Azarel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2000
- Peak year (2024)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
Currently ranks #5365 among boys.
150 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 18 births in a single year.
Azarel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 60 births that decade — 40% of Azarel's all-time total
Azarel decade highlights
- Peak decade 60 births
- Runner-up 46 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Azarel's strongest decade
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Azarel by state
Where Azarel concentrates geographically — total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 3.3% |
5 of 150 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2000–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.