NameTides

Azael

Azael was the #645 boys' name in the US in 2025 (432 babies), and #3,256 in England & Wales and #2,789 in Canada.

Azael as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Azael as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Azael as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#645 (432)#3,256 (6)#2,789 (6)
2024#655 (420)#5,120 (3)#2,062 (9)
2023#702 (379)#4,992 (3)#1,810 (10)
2022#848 (287)——
2021#951 (237)——
2020#1,130 (173)#4,608 (3)#2,746 (5)
2019#1,107 (178)#3,411 (5)—
2018#1,478 (117)——
2017#1,433 (120)#4,812 (3)—
2016#1,515 (112)——
2015#1,406 (122)——
2014#1,536 (104)——
2013#1,613 (95)——
2012#1,799 (82)——
2011#2,035 (66)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #645.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1977.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 4,000uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 45,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 26,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Azael is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,600 to 1 in 3,700.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Azael by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #618WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #801WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #632ILMichigan: #1,113MINew York: #1,410NYMassachusetts: #690MAOregon: #378ORNevada: #323NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #773INOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: #1,094PANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #401CAUtah: #621UTColorado: #441CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #357AZNew Mexico: #311NMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,277NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #698OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #792GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #273TXFlorida: #846FL
Azael (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AzaelCanadaBoys#2,7896
AzaelEngland & WalesBoys#3,2566
AzaelNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
AzaelUSBoys#645432