Boys' name · since 1997
Azende
Azende has 27 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1998 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #26,576 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 27
- born since 1997
- 1990s
- peak decade
27 boys have been named Azende since 1997, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Azende has been recorded 27 times among boys since 1997, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 1998.
- #26,576 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 27 born since 1997
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Azende ranks #26,576 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 27 born since 1997, peaking in the 1990s.
- #26,576 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 27
- born since 1997
- 1990s
- peak decade
Azende's 27 recorded births place it above 41.01% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Azende's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Azende's SSA record in two at 1998 and the more recent half accounts for 70% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 30%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 8 births recorded -- set against the 1998 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Azende popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–1998
- Peak year (1998)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
Azende by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (27 births, 100% of the file).
1990s was Azende's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Azende births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 27 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Azende: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~1 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, 1997–1998 (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 Azende 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.