How Many People Are Named Azazel?
people named Azazel are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 761,213 people in the US has this name
Based on 452 babies named Azazel in Social Security records from 2008 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
49 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "scapegoat" in Hebrew. This is the name of the recipient of a sacrificial goat in the Old Testament. The identity of Azazel is not clear; it may in fact be the name of the place where the goat is to be sacrificed, or it may be the name of some sort of evil desert demon.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Azazel, 3.8% were girls and 96.2% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 2010s: 0% of the babies were girls then and 7.1% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Azazel alive today is about 6 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 9 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Azazel first appears in the records in 2008 and was given most often in 2021, to 49 babies. In 2025, 47 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 2008 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Azazel has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,824, in 2021. In 2025 it ranked #2,997.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,997 |
| Best rank | #2,824 (2021) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,187 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Azazel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Azazel were born in Texas than in any other state: about 58 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Azazel was given about 5.8 times as often in Texas.
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