Azazel

#2,997 in 2025Boys' name

Possibly scapegoat

Azazel has been given to 452 babies in the U.S. since 2008. In 2025 it ranked #2,997 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2021, with 44 recorded.

Babies named Azazel, 2025

1 in 80,900

Azazel over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Azazel: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly scapegoat

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Azazel means

Azazel may mean “scapegoat”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 435 boys were recorded with the name Azazel between 2008 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 44 in 2021; its best national rank was #2,824 in 2021.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #3,579 in 2020 to #2,997 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #4,304 in 2015 to #2,997 in 2025.

In the United States, 17 girls were recorded with the name Azazel between 2020 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2020; its best national rank was #13,441 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #13,708 in 2020 to #13,441 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Azazel?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 80,900; 41 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 41,700; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #2,997; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 56,047 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Azazel sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 56,047 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Azazel. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Azazels were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Azazel was born before 2020 — so the typical Azazel is around 5 today.

Median birth year: 2020; About 5 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 51.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 435; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 51.3% of all recorded uses (223).

Is Azazel rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +704; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +582; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +1,307; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.78×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 93.2%; Peak was 2021 (44)
Years since peak: 4; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 48.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,824; 2021

Spellings of Azazel

Azazel is not the most common spelling — Aziel is, with 30.6% against Azazel's 1.5%.

Aziel30.6%8,721
Azriel14.1%4,005
Azael13.9%3,947
Azrael11.2%3,188
Hazel10.1%2,889
Izael5.9%1,686
Asael5.8%1,644
Zael2.4%673

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Azazel is used

Across 1910–2025, Azazel was most concentrated in Arizona — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 378,062 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Arizona1 in —
2California1 in —
3Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Azazel has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Azazel by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #2,997
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 582
Best rank ever: #2,824; 2021
Peak year: 2021; 44 that year
First recorded: 2008
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 435
Count in 2025: 41

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #13,441
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 267
Best rank ever: #13,441; 2025
Peak year: 2020; 6 that year
First recorded: 2020
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 17
Count in 2025: 6

Names similar to Azazel

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Azaire Azaria Azarias Azarel Azahel Azarion Azariel Azarius Azari Hanzel Azavier Azaiah Azavion Danzel Azayah Azad Azaryah Azan Azarian Azaan Azair Azaad Azario Azarya

Sibling names for Azazel

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Keren Karleigh Leonor Kamilah Denisse Shoshana Nila Elin

For a brother

Hamilton Caesar Henri Evans Tobin Linus Ramsey Konnor

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