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Azra

#2,587 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Virgin, maiden

Azra has been given to 1,414 babies in the U.S. since 1976. In 2025 it ranked #2,587 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 67 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 91% girls, 9% boys all-time.

Babies named Azra, 2025

1 in 49,500

Azra over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Azra over time

In 2025, Azra went to 77% girls and 23% boys.

19762025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Azra: meaning, origin, and history

Virgin, maiden

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Azra means

Azra means “virgin, maiden”.

Origin, language, and formation

Azra is used in Serbo-Croatian and Slovene.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Slovene, Azra is pronounced /azra/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,284 girls were recorded with the name Azra between 1976 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 67 in 2025; its best national rank was #2,587 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #3,024 in 2020 to #2,587 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #3,183 in 2015 to #2,587 in 2025.

In the United States, 130 boys were recorded with the name Azra between 2005 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 20 in 2025; its best national rank was #4,874 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #8,150 in 2020 to #4,874 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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Azra?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 49,500
67 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 24,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#2,587
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
34,298 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Azra sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

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 5001%

Put another way: gather 34,298 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Azra. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Azras were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Azra was born before 2014 — so the typical Azra is around 11 today.

Median birth year
2014
About 11 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
38.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
88.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,284
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 38.1% of all recorded uses (489).

Is Azra 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
+82
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+437
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+596
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.29×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (67)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
9.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,587
2025

Spellings of Azra

Azra is not the most common spelling — Anna is, with 18.3% against Azra's 0.03%.

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 Azra is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Azra was most concentrated in New Jersey — about 1 in 10,000 girls, against 1 in 32,995 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).

110 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New Jersey1 in 10,000
  2. 2Minnesota1 in 14,286
  3. 3New York1 in 16,667
  4. 4Ohio1 in 25,000
  5. 5California1 in 50,000
  6. 6Florida1 in 50,000
  7. 7Massachusetts1 in 50,000
  8. 8Texas1 in 50,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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.

Where Azra is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Azra was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,211,363 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Florida1 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. Azra has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Azra around the world

Where Azra ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #1,197
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2019–2021
    #792
    in 2021
  • Ireland
    2004–2013
    #894
    in 2013
  • France
    1980–2025
    #513
    in 2025
  • Norway
    1880–2022
    #467
    in 2022
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #1,399
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1977–2005
    #775
    in 2005

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Norway, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, SSB, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Azra by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#2,587
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 437
Best rank ever
#2,587
2025
Peak year
2025
67 that year
First recorded
1976
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,284
Count in 2025
67

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,874
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 3,276
Best rank ever
#4,874
2025
Peak year
2025
20 that year
First recorded
2005
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
130
Count in 2025
20

Names similar to Azra

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

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