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Azul

#1,319 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Azul has been given to 4,885 babies in the U.S. since 1995. In 2025 it ranked #1,319 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2008, with 497 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 93% girls, 7% boys all-time.

Babies named Azul, 2025

1 in 19,600

Azul over time, 1880–2025

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Azul went to 82% girls and 18% boys.

19952025

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.

Azul: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Azul means

Azul is a given name.

The naming story behind Azul

Wikidata records Azul as a female given name. The entity identifier is Q62594678, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,547 girls were recorded with the name Azul between 1995 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 497 in 2008; its best national rank was #615 in 2008.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,810 in 2020 to #1,319 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,427 in 2015 to #1,319 in 2025.

In the United States, 338 boys were recorded with the name Azul between 2003 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 51 in 2023; its best national rank was #2,582 in 2023.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #4,287 in 2020 to #3,136 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #8,832 in 2015 to #3,136 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 Azul?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 19,600
169 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 9,510
0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#1,319
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
13,598 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Azul 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 5003%

Put another way: gather 13,598 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Azul. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Azuls were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Azul was born before 2011 — so the typical Azul is around 14 today.

Median birth year
2011
About 14 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
38.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
97.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
4,547
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 38.9% of all recorded uses (1,767).

Is Azul 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
−38
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+491
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+108
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.04×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
34.0%
Peak was 2008 (497)
Years since peak
17
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
31.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#615
2008

Spellings of Azul

Azul is not the most common spelling — Hazel is, with 89.8% against Azul's 1.3%.

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 Azul is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Azul was most concentrated in Arizona — about 1 in 2,564 girls, against 1 in 7,981 across all states with data. It was least common in North Carolina (1 in 100,000).

139 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Arizona1 in 2,564
  2. 2New Mexico1 in 3,571
  3. 3California1 in 4,762
  4. 4Texas1 in 5,000
  5. 5Colorado1 in 11,111
  6. 6Illinois1 in 11,111
  7. 7Florida1 in 14,286
  8. 8Washington1 in 16,667

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 Azul is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Azul was most concentrated in Arizona — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 316,264 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Arizona1 in 100,000
  2. 2California1 in —
  3. 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. Azul has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Azul around the world

Where Azul 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.

  • France
    2024–2024
    #4,163
    in 2024

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Azul by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#1,319
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 491
Best rank ever
#615
2008
Peak year
2008
497 that year
First recorded
1995
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,547
Count in 2025
169

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,136
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,151
Best rank ever
#2,582
2023
Peak year
2023
51 that year
First recorded
2003
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
338
Count in 2025
38

Names similar to Azul

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

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Names with a curve like Azul

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

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Sibling names for Azul

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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