Girls' name · since 1980

Azia

1,434 babies named Azia in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#5,873 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#5,292 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
1,434
born since 1980
1990s
peak decade

Azia currently ranks #5292 among girls' names in America, with 1,434 babies recorded since 1980.

Azia has 1,434 recorded births among girls since 1980, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5292 as of the latest data, more common than 69% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1980 to 2025.

  • #5,873 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #5,292 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 1,434 born since 1980
  • 1990s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Azia ranks #5,873 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,292 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,434 born since 1980, peaking in the 1990s.

#5,873 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#5,292 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
1,434
born since 1980
1990s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%69.4%
Azia vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Azia's 1,434 recorded births place it above 91.87% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

13 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

13 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.

How Azia compares

1,434 Top 27% higher than 73% 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

Azia's all-time total is 4x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Azia Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 1,434 376 567,345
Peak-year births 74 21 19,840

Azia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Azia splits its recorded history at 2003: 41% of all births land in the more recent half, 59% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1983 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1999 peak of 74 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Azia popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (1999)
74
Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
020406080 198019861992199820042010201620222025 24

Azia by decade

1990s is the heaviest window (556 births, 39% of the file).

1990s was Azia's strongest decade.

556 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.

Azia births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1990s at 556 births (39% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Azia 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 Azia's total volume

Azia vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%5%10%15%20% 050100150200 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -25, 15.1%-43, 3.8%-33, 10%-50, 9.2%-82, 5.4%-146, 10%-53, 5%-51, 4.3%-38, 7%-51, 5.8%-106, 4.9%-50, 4.4%-118, 6.7%-47, 6.5%-63, 5.4%Azia-46, 5.2%Azia
Azia vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Azia by state

Where Azia concentrates geographically, total births since 1980

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Azia
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
70 4.9%
#2 California
53 3.7%
#3 Ohio
32 2.2%
#4 Florida
30 2.1%
#5 New York
17 1.2%
#6 Georgia
11 0.8%
#7 North Carolina
11 0.8%
#8 Virginia
8 0.6%
Texas share of Azia's total US births 4.9%
Even split

70 of 1,434 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 13 reporting states.

Azia appears in 13 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Azia?
Since 1980, Social Security records show 1,434 babies named Azia. Across the full SSA archive it ranks #5,873 of 72,339 girls' names by total births. In 2025, it holds #5,292 of 17,297 among girls. Its busiest year on record was 1999, with 74 births.
Where does Azia sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Azia ranks #5,873 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,292 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Azia most popular?
Azia was most popular in the 1990s decade with 556 total births. The single peak year was 1999.
Where is Azia most popular?
The top states for the name Azia are Texas (70 births), California (53 births), Ohio (32 births).
How long has the name Azia been used?
The SSA has tracked Azia since 1980 -- 46 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Azia?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Aziza, Aziyah, Aziah, Aziya, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Azia's data

  • Azia's decade-level peak was the 1990s (556 total births); usage has since declined to 103 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
  • Texas records the most Azias (70 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Azia

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Azia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1980–2025 (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 Azia 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.