Azul

#1,318 for girls in 2025, 169 births · #3,128 for boys in 2025, 38 births
Given to girls 93.1% of the time

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Peak · girls
2008 · 497 births
Debut · girls
12 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,547
since 1995

Azul over time

girlsboys

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202023peak #615, 2008girlsboysat 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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,318169#3,12838
2024#1,279181#2,78946
2023#1,330170#2,57551
2022#1,279187#3,21637
2021#1,532137#3,49732
2020#1,808109#4,27523
2019#1,569136#5,15318
2018#1,787114#4,73920
2017#1,828112#10,7756
2016#1,815114#6,05314
2015#1,425162#8,7448
2014#1,410162#8,7818
2013#1,301180#7,02611
2012#1,089227
2011#1,054234
2010#821326#8,1399
2009#792358
2008#615497#8,3249
2007#723405
2006#2,08194
2005#2,35975
2004#2,42470
2003#2,18779#7,8318
2002#2,26372
2001#2,25971
2000#4,29128
1999#4,31326
1998#7,53212
1997#7,28312
1996#5,77116
1995#7,04112
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First appearance
1995

The first year at least five girls were named Azul! It came in at #7,041, and was given to 12 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1995–1998, when fewer than 17 girls a year got the name.

See more about Azul
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 39 spots since 2024 (#1,279#1,318)
  • 490 spots since 2020 (#1,808#1,318)
  • 107 spots since 2015 (#1,425#1,318)
  • Biggest jump: 1,358 spots in 2007 (#2,081#723)
  • Biggest drop: 233 spots in 2011 (#821#1,054)
Rise & fade · girls
13 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1995
  • Peaked 2008 at #615 (497 births)
  • Births halved by 2011, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 2007–2010
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,805
  • Highest: 1 in 3,805 girls born in 2008 were named Azul (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 9,510 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 38.9% of all girls named Azul (1,767) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s78#4,313 (1999)#6,388
2000s1,749#615 (2008)#1,999
2010s1,767#821 (2010)#1,410
2020s953#1,279 (2022)#1,424

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

Azul in 2023

girls
#1,330
170 births · 1 in 9,439 girls
boys
#2,575
51 births · 1 in 33,541 boys

Top girls' names in 2023

  1. #1Olivia15,329
  2. #2Emma13,590
  3. #3Charlotte12,638
  4. #4Amelia12,365
  5. #5Sophia11,999
  6. #6Mia11,404
  7. #7Isabella10,871
  8. #8Ava9,737
  9. #9Evelyn9,121
  10. #10Luna7,853
  11. #1,330Azul170

Top boys' names in 2023

  1. #1Liam20,904
  2. #2Noah19,116
  3. #3Oliver14,792
  4. #4James11,739
  5. #5Elijah11,523
  6. #6Mateo11,293
  7. #7Theodore11,093
  8. #8Henry10,996
  9. #9Lucas10,890
  10. #10William10,673
  11. #2,575Azul51
More about 2023

girls

1,604,582 girls got a published name in 2023; 1 in 9,439 of them was named Azul, which outranked 92.4% of the 17,615 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Azul
  1. #1,324Janae171
  2. #1,324Reece171
  3. #1,324Sally171
  4. #1,330Azul170
  5. #1,330Areli170
  6. #1,330Ciara170
  7. #1,330Joselyn170
  8. #1,339Asha169
  9. #1,339Brynley169
  10. #1,339Montserrat169

Tied with 8 names at #1,330; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2022
Risers
  1. 1,640Kaeli#2,319#679
  2. 1,512Alitzel#2,388#876
  3. 1,287Emryn#2,174#887
  4. 813Adhara#1,583#770
  5. 717Azari#1,412#695
Fallers
  1. 364Addilynn#940#1,304
  2. 296India#968#1,264
  3. 259Madisyn#805#1,064
  4. 231Chanel#937#1,168
  5. 219Averi#906#1,125

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

boys

1,710,576 boys got a published name in 2023; 1 in 33,541 of them was named Azul, which outranked 81.9% of the 14,215 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Azul
  1. #2,541Oshea52
  2. #2,541Safwan52
  3. #2,541Yasser52
  4. #2,575Azul51
  5. #2,575Abdullahi51
  6. #2,575Adonnis51
  7. #2,575Adriano51
  8. #2,614Aasir50
  9. #2,614Abdirahman50
  10. #2,614Abelardo50

Tied with 38 names at #2,575; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2022
Risers
  1. 858Izael#1,665#807
  2. 662Chozen#1,479#817
  3. 589Eiden#1,479#890
  4. 409Cassian#938#529
  5. 385Kyren#1,322#937
Fallers
  1. 384Dior#842#1,226
  2. 275Maxton#963#1,238
  3. 205Davian#967#1,172
  4. 193Braden#935#1,128
  5. 191Heath#862#1,053

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

See the top 100 for 2023