How Many People Are Named Azalea?

11,280

people named Azalea are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 30,300 people in the US has this name

Based on 11,739 babies named Azalea in Social Security records from 1902 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#2,298

πŸ’Ž Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#1,263

See the top 100

Peak Year

2025

1,109 births

Trend

β†’

Stable (last 10 years)

πŸ“– Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English (Rare)
Pronunciation: Ι™-ZAY-lee-Ι™, Ι™-ZAYL-yΙ™
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

From the name of the flower, ultimately derived from Greek α΢αλΡος (azaleos) "dry".

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Azalea in the records were girls.

πŸ‘₯ Age Distribution

The average person named Azalea alive today is about 10 years old, and 95% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 12 in 2025.

Under 30 10,695
94.8%
30 to 59 463
4.1%
60 and over 121
1.1%

πŸ“ˆ Popularity Over Time

Azalea first appears in the records in 1902, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 1,109 babies.

Babies given the name each year, 1902 to 2025

πŸ† Rank History

Azalea has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #278, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #278.

Girls
Rank in 2025#278
Best rank#278 (2025)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#373 in the 2020s

πŸ“ State-Wise Distribution

People named Azalea alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Azalea were born in California than in any other state: about 1,790 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Azalea was given 3.7 times as often in New Mexico, 3.3 times in Hawaii and 1.9 times in Oregon.

California 1,790
Texas 1,523
Florida 511
New York 475
Arizona 368
Pennsylvania 298
Illinois 287
Washington 265
Ohio 265
Michigan 262
Colorado 242
North Carolina 235
Wisconsin 229
Minnesota 219
Georgia 219
Indiana 188
Oregon 187
Tennessee 159
New Mexico 148
Utah 139
Missouri 129
Virginia 123
Massachusetts 118
Oklahoma 117
New Jersey 115
Nevada 106
South Carolina 104
Louisiana 90
Nebraska 79
Iowa 77
Kentucky 74
Kansas 74
Alabama 66
Hawaii 65
Connecticut 58
Arkansas 48
Idaho 47
Maryland 44
Mississippi 28
Montana 22
Alaska 21
North Dakota 12
West Virginia 11
South Dakota 11
Maine 11
Wyoming 11

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