Unisex name · since 1972
Azriel
4,005 babies named Azriel in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #2,084 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #530 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,005
- born since 1972
- 2020s
- peak decade
4,005 babies have been named Azriel since 1972, making it today's #530 unisex name.
Azriel has 4,005 recorded births among boys since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #530 as of the latest data, more common than 96% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2025.
- #2,084 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #530 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 4,005 born since 1972
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Azriel ranks #2,084 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #530 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 4,005 born since 1972, peaking in the 2020s.
- #2,084 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #530 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,005
- born since 1972
- 2020s
- peak decade
Azriel's 4,005 recorded births place it above 95.41% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
37 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Azriel compares
4,005 Top 15% higher than 85% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Azriel's all-time total is 11x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Azriel | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,005 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 566 | 34 | 22,252 |
Azriel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Azriel's SSA record in two at 2004 and the more recent half accounts for 92% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 8%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1987, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 566, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Azriel popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 566
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Azriel popularity over time - girls
681 total births recorded since 1990 (Azriel as girls' name)
Azriel by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (2,227 births, 56% of the file).
2020s was Azriel's strongest decade.
2,227 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Azriel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 13
1970s
13 births
- 1980s 40
1980s
40 births
- 1990s 117
1990s
117 births
- 2000s 548
2000s
548 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,060 births
- 2020s
2020s
2,227 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 2,227 births (56% of all-time use).
How Azriel compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Azriel's total volume
Azriel by state
Where Azriel concentrates geographically, total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 580 | 14.5% |
| #2 | California | | 507 | 12.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 328 | 8.2% |
| #4 | Florida | | 208 | 5.2% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 182 | 4.5% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 87 | 2.2% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 84 | 2.1% |
| #8 | Colorado | | 76 | 1.9% |
580 of 4,005 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 37 reporting states.
Azriel appears in 37 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Azriels (580 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.
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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, 1972–2025 (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 Azriel 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.