Azrael

#5,554 for girls in 2025, 22 births · #656 for boys in 2025, 421 births
Given to boys 89.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
2025 · 421 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,188
since 1994

Azrael over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017girlsat peakboysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,55422#656421
2024#6,64217#734358
2023#5,39023#684394
2022#4,47231#731355
2021#4,50730#837284
2020#4,07834#928240
2019#5,98620#953225
2018#5,00726#1,234150
2017#5,66122#1,348132
2016#7,23016#1,501113
2015#8,44713#2,13265
2014#6,98717#2,31756
2013#8,58013#2,04466
2012#8,63213#2,77243
2011#11,1819#2,90440
2010#10,45110#3,23934
2009#17,2945#3,72128
2008#13,8327#3,16536
2007#13,9247#4,37522
2006#12,4208#3,78226
2005#4,63118
2004#9,89210#6,13812
2003#4,81516
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2001#11,0208#6,9359
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First appearance
1994

The first year at least five boys were named Azrael! It came in at #8,800, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1994–1997, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Azrael
Momentum · boys
Rising
  • 78 spots since 2024 (#734#656)
  • 272 spots since 2020 (#928#656)
  • 1,476 spots since 2015 (#2,132#656)
  • Biggest jump: 281 spots in 2019 (#1,234#953)
  • Biggest drop: 50 spots in 2024 (#684#734)
Rise & fade · boys
31 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1994
  • Peaked 2025 at #656 (421 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 2019–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,057
  • Highest: 1 in 4,057 boys born in 2025 were named Azrael (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 64.4% of all boys named Azrael (2,052) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s17#7,560 (1998)#8,458
2000s195#3,165 (2008)#4,798
2010s924#953 (2019)#2,044
2020s2,052#656 (2025)#762

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Azrael in 2017

girls
#5,661
22 births · 1 in 78,476 girls
boys
#1,348
132 births · 1 in 14,022 boys

Top girls' names in 2017

  1. #1Emma19,873
  2. #2Olivia18,778
  3. #3Ava16,017
  4. #4Isabella15,263
  5. #5Sophia14,947
  6. #6Mia13,521
  7. #7Charlotte12,969
  8. #8Amelia11,870
  9. #9Evelyn10,748
  10. #10Abigail10,645
  11. #5,661Azrael22

Top boys' names in 2017

  1. #1Liam18,874
  2. #2Noah18,507
  3. #3William15,046
  4. #4James14,362
  5. #5Logan14,061
  6. #6Benjamin13,858
  7. #7Mason13,602
  8. #8Elijah13,449
  9. #9Jacob13,269
  10. #10Oliver13,224
  11. #1,348Azrael132
More about 2017

girls

1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 78,476 of them was named Azrael, which outranked 69.3% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Azrael
  1. #5,517Yzabella23
  2. #5,517Zalia23
  3. #5,517Ziana23
  4. #5,661Azrael22
  5. #5,661Adabelle22
  6. #5,661Adalaya22
  7. #5,661Adama22
  8. #5,821Aariana21
  9. #5,821Adaeze21
  10. #5,821Adalae21

Tied with 159 names at #5,661; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. 1,443Ensley#2,412#969
  2. 1,020Oaklynn#1,908#888
  3. 842Dream#1,667#825
  4. 749Oaklyn#1,425#676
  5. 717Melania#1,649#932
Fallers
  1. 263Julianne#919#1,182
  2. 243Milania#947#1,190
  3. 240Wendy#858#1,098
  4. 238Montserrat#808#1,046
  5. 224Nathaly#930#1,154

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 14,022 of them was named Azrael, which outranked 90.5% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Azrael
  1. #1,341Monroe133
  2. #1,341Quinten133
  3. #1,341Tahj133
  4. #1,348Azrael132
  5. #1,348Abdul132
  6. #1,348Ander132
  7. #1,348Atreyu132
  8. #1,360Benny131
  9. #1,360Camryn131
  10. #1,360Cartier131

Tied with 11 names at #1,348; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. 497Wells#1,413#916
  2. 419Kairo#1,221#802
  3. 339Caspian#1,199#860
  4. 313Colson#1,049#736
  5. 311Kace#1,183#872
Fallers
  1. 415Riaan#861#1,276
  2. 292Chevy#980#1,272
  3. 245Kylo#904#1,149
  4. 226Braeden#993#1,219
  5. 194Kamdyn#809#1,003

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2017