Azell — boys' name
200 babies named Azell in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 1934. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
26% of everyone ever named Azell was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Azell in 1934 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Azell
The Social Security Administration has registered 200 babies named Azell between 1914 and 1988, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Azell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1934, when 12 babies received it in a single year. Azell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 48 additional births since 1918.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Azell performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Azell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Azell in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Azell 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 200 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.
Azell at a glance
Last recorded 1988Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Azell popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–1914
- Peak year (1934)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 75 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1988.
200 total births across 75 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1934 with 12 births in a single year.
Azell popularity over time — girls
48 total births recorded since 1918 (Azell as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Azell accounts for 19% of total recorded use across both genders.
Azell by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 52 births that decade — 26% of Azell's all-time total
Azell decade highlights
- Peak decade 52 births
- Runner-up 42 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Azell's strongest decade
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Azell by state
Where Azell concentrates geographically — total births since 1914
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 3.0% |
6 of 200 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 3.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 3.0% 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, 1914–1988 (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.