Girls' name · since 1915
Azella
Since 1915, U.S. Social Security records show 94 babies named Azella, peaking in 2021. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #27,761 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,058 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 94
- born since 1915
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Azella is the #15058 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 94 recorded since 1915.
Social Security Administration records show Azella recorded 94 times among girls since 1915, holding rank #15058 nationally today, ahead of 13% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2025.
- #27,761 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,058 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 94 born since 1915
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Azella ranks #27,761 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,058 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 94 born since 1915, peaking in the 2020s.
- #27,761 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,058 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 94
- born since 1915
- 2020s
- peak decade
Azella's 94 recorded births place it above 61.49% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Azella compares
94 24th 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
Azella's all-time total is 75% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Azella | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 94 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Azella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Azella's full recorded timeline at 2018, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1915, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Azella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Azella by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (52 births, 55% of the file).
2020s was Azella's strongest decade.
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Azella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 16
1910s
16 births
- 2010s
2010s
26 births
- 2020s
2020s
52 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 52 births (55% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Azella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~110 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, 1915–2025 (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 Azella 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.