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Azrael

#656 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Azarel

Azrael has been given to 3,549 babies in the U.S. since 1994. In 2025 it ranked #656 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 421 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 90% boys, 10% girls all-time.

Babies named Azrael, 2025

1 in 7,870

Azrael over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Azrael went to 5% girls and 95% boys.

19942025

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.

Azrael: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Azarel

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Azrael means

Azrael is a variant of Azarel.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Azrael → Azarel. The family’s meaning is “God has helped”, recorded in the naming reference for Azarel.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Azarel.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 3,188 boys were recorded with the name Azrael between 1994 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 421 in 2025; its best national rank was #656 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #928 in 2020 to #656 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,134 in 2015 to #656 in 2025.

In the United States, 361 girls were recorded with the name Azrael between 2001 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 34 in 2020; its best national rank was #4,091 in 2020.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,091 in 2020 to #5,586 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #8,531 in 2015 to #5,586 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.

How common is Azrael?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 7,870
421 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 4,060
0.02% of boys
Rank, 2025
#656
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
5,459 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Azrael 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 1001%
School of 5006%

Put another way: gather 5,459 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Azrael. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Azraels were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Azrael was born before 2021 — so the typical Azrael is around 4 today.

Median birth year
2021
About 4 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
64.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
99.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
3,188
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 64.4% of all recorded uses (2,052).

Is Azrael 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
+78
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+272
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,478
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
6.48×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (421)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
25.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#656
2025

Spellings of Azrael

Azrael is not the most common spelling — Israel is, with 45.0% against Azrael's 2.0%.

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 Azrael is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Azrael was most concentrated in New Mexico — about 1 in 1,887 boys, against 1 in 6,633 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in 50,000).

253 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New Mexico1 in 1,887
  2. 2Arizona1 in 2,564
  3. 3Texas1 in 3,333
  4. 4Colorado1 in 3,571
  5. 5Nevada1 in 3,846
  6. 6California1 in 4,762
  7. 7Florida1 in 5,556
  8. 8Oklahoma1 in 5,882

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.

Geographically, Azrael is one of the more regionally concentrated names in the country — more concentrated than 90% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Azrael is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Azrael was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 1,571,872 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 in —

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

Azrael around the world

Where Azrael 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
    2013–2025
    #4,275
    in 2025
  • France
    2018–2025
    #6,656
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2014–2024
    #1,459
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Azrael in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Azrael. Linked forms have their own page here.

Azriel

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Azrael by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#656
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 272
Best rank ever
#656
2025
Peak year
2025
421 that year
First recorded
1994
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
3,188
Count in 2025
421

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#5,586
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,495
Best rank ever
#4,091
2020
Peak year
2020
34 that year
First recorded
2001
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
361
Count in 2025
22

Names similar to Azrael

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

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Names with a curve like Azrael

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Azrael, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Azrael

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

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