Unisex name · since 2021
Azur
Azur has 41 recorded births since 2021 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,486 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,556 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 41
- born since 2021
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Azur is the #10556 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 41 recorded since 2021.
Azur has 41 recorded births among boys since 2021, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10556 as of the latest data, more common than 24% 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 2021 to 2025.
- #23,486 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,556 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 41 born since 2021
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Azur ranks #23,486 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,556 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 41 born since 2021, peaking in the 2020s.
- #23,486 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,556 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 41
- born since 2021
- 2020s
- peak decade
Azur's 41 recorded births place it above 48.03% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Azur compares
41 15th percentile among 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
Azur's all-time total is 89% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Azur | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 41 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Azur's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Azur's full recorded timeline at 2023, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2021, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Azur popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Azur popularity over time - girls
13 total births recorded since 1975 (Azur as girls' name)
Azur by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (41 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Azur's strongest decade.
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Azur births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 41 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Azur: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~4 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, 2021–2025 (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 Azur 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.