Unisex name · since 1998
Azari
Since 1998, U.S. Social Security records show 2,040 babies named Azari, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #4,648 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #767 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,040
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Azari currently ranks #767 among unisex names in America, with 2,040 babies recorded since 1998.
Azari has 2,040 recorded births among girls since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #767 as of the latest data, more common than 96% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2025.
- #4,648 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #767 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,040 born since 1998
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Azari ranks #4,648 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #767 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,040 born since 1998, peaking in the 2020s.
- #4,648 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #767 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,040
- born since 1998
- 2020s
- peak decade
Azari's 2,040 recorded births place it above 93.57% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
28 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Azari compares
2,040 Top 22% higher than 78% of 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
Azari's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Azari | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,040 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 415 | 21 | 19,840 |
Azari's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Azari's full recorded timeline at 2013, 87% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 13% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1998, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 415 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Azari popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 415
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Azari popularity over time - boys
832 total births recorded since 2001 (Azari as boys' name)
Azari by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,402 births, 69% of the file).
2020s was Azari's strongest decade.
1,402 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Azari births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 129
2000s
129 births
- 2010s 504
2010s
504 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,402 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,402 births (69% of all-time use).
How Azari compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Azari's total volume
Azari by state
Where Azari concentrates geographically, total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 239 | 11.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 227 | 11.1% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 87 | 4.3% |
| #4 | Florida | | 81 | 4.0% |
| #5 | Maryland | | 65 | 3.2% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 63 | 3.1% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 56 | 2.7% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 46 | 2.3% |
239 of 2,040 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 28 reporting states.
Azari appears in 28 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Azaris (239 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1998–2025 (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 Azari 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.