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Azriel

#529 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

My help is God

Azriel has been given to 4,686 babies in the U.S. since 1972. In 2025 it ranked #529 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 566 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 85% boys, 15% girls all-time.

Babies named Azriel, 2025

1 in 5,860

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Azriel went to 3% girls and 97% boys.

19722025

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.

Azriel: meaning, origin, and history

My help is God

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Azriel means

Azriel means “my help is God”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,005 boys were recorded with the name Azriel between 1972 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 566 in 2025; its best national rank was #529 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,124 in 2020 to #529 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,546 in 2015 to #529 in 2025.

In the United States, 681 girls were recorded with the name Azriel between 1990 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 46 in 2019; its best national rank was #3,397 in 2019.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,692 in 2020 to #5,946 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #6,273 in 2015 to #5,946 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 Azriel?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 5,860
566 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 3,020
0.03% of boys
Rank, 2025
#529
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
4,061 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Azriel 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 1002%
School of 5008%

Put another way: gather 4,061 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Azriel. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Azriels were born

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

Median birth year
2021
About 4 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
55.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
94.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
4,005
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 55.6% of all recorded uses (2,227).

Is Azriel 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
+76
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+595
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,017
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
5.39×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (566)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
18.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#529
2025

Spellings of Azriel

Azriel is not the most common spelling — Gabriel is, with 69.2% against Azriel's 0.70%.

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 Azriel is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Azriel was most concentrated in New Mexico — about 1 in 2,381 boys, against 1 in 6,417 across all states with data. It was least common in Louisiana (1 in 33,333).

342 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New Mexico1 in 2,381
  2. 2Arizona1 in 2,439
  3. 3Nevada1 in 3,846
  4. 4Texas1 in 3,846
  5. 5Colorado1 in 4,000
  6. 6Washington1 in 5,000
  7. 7California1 in 5,263
  8. 8New York1 in 5,263

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, Azriel is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 71% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Azriel is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Azriel was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 969,136 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2North Carolina1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 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. Azriel has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Azriel around the world

Where Azriel 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
    2008–2025
    #914
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2025–2025
    #829
    in 2025
  • France
    2009–2025
    #2,890
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2009–2024
    #808
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Azriel in other languages

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

AzraelEsriel

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

Azriel by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#529
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 595
Best rank ever
#529
2025
Peak year
2025
566 that year
First recorded
1972
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,005
Count in 2025
566

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#5,946
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,254
Best rank ever
#3,397
2019
Peak year
2019
46 that year
First recorded
1990
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
681
Count in 2025
20

Names similar to Azriel

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

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Names with a curve like Azriel

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

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Sibling names for Azriel

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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