Azura — #1854 US girls' name
890 babies named Azura in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 90% of names given to girls today.
44% of everyone ever named Azura was born in this single decade.
108 babies were named Azura in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Azura
The Social Security Administration has registered 890 babies named Azura between 1975 and 2024, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Azura currently holds the #1854 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 108 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Azura performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 394 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Azura shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 73 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Azura in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Azura in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 890 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Azura at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Azura popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1975
- Peak year (2024)
- 108
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
Currently ranks #1854 among girls.
890 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 108 births in a single year.
Azura by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 394 births that decade — 44% of Azura's all-time total
Azura decade highlights
- Peak decade 394 births
- Runner-up 318 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Azura's strongest decade
394 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
Azura by state
Where Azura concentrates geographically — total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 73 | 8.2% |
| #2 | Florida | | 31 | 3.5% |
| #3 | California | | 26 | 2.9% |
| #4 | Texas | | 25 | 2.8% |
| #5 | New York | | 24 | 2.7% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 14 | 1.6% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 10 | 1.1% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 6 | 0.7% |
73 of 890 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Pennsylvania 8.2% of nationwide
- Florida 3.5% of nationwide
- California 2.9% of nationwide
- Texas 2.8% of nationwide
- New York 2.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 12 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Pennsylvania accounts for 8.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Azura appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1975–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.