Azelea — #10701 US girls' name
115 babies named Azelea in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 39% of names given to girls today.
45% of everyone ever named Azelea was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Azelea in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Azelea
The Social Security Administration has registered 115 babies named Azelea between 2001 and 2024, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Azelea currently holds the #10701 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Azelea performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Azelea shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Azelea in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Azelea 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 115 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.
Azelea at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Azelea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2001
- Peak year (2016)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
Currently ranks #10701 among girls.
115 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 13 births in a single year.
Azelea by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 52 births that decade — 45% of Azelea's all-time total
Azelea decade highlights
- Peak decade 52 births
- Runner-up 43 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Azelea's strongest decade
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Azelea by state
Where Azelea concentrates geographically — total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 4.3% |
5 of 115 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 4.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.3% 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, 2001–2024 (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.