How Many People Are Named Azariah?
people named Azariah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 24,691 people in the US has this name
Based on 13,947 babies named Azariah in Social Security records from 1972 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,108 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "YAHWEH has helped" in Hebrew. This is the name of many Old Testament characters including of one of the three men the Babylonian king ordered cast into a fiery furnace. His Babylonian name was Abednego.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Azariah, 53% were girls and 47% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1990s: 47.5% of the babies were girls then and 46.5% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Azariah alive today is about 9 years old, and 99% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 14 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Azariah first appears in the records in 1972, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 1,108 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1972 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Azariah has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #563, in 2023. In 2025 it ranked #630. Among boys, its best rank was #472, in 2025.
| Girls | Boys | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #630 | #472 |
| Best rank | #563 (2023) | #472 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #924 in the 2010s | #580 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Azariah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Azariah were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,510 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Azariah was given 4.7 times as often in New Mexico, 2.8 times in Hawaii and 1.8 times in Colorado.
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