How Many People Are Named Azrael?
people named Azrael are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 96,932 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,549 babies named Azrael in Social Security records from 1994 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
443 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of AZRIEL. This was the name of an angel in Jewish and Muslim tradition who separated the soul from the body upon death. He is sometimes referred to as the Angel of Death.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Azrael, 10.2% were girls and 89.8% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Azrael fell from 18.8% in the 2000s to 7.1% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Azrael alive today is about 6 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 8 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Azrael first appears in the records in 1994, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 443 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1994 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Azrael has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #656, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #656. Among girls, its best rank was #4,091, in 2020.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #656 | #5,586 |
| Best rank | #656 (2025) | #4,091 (2020) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #746 in the 2020s | #7,404 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Azrael alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Azrael were born in Texas than in any other state: about 571 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Azrael was given 2.7 times as often in Arizona, 2.2 times in Texas and 1.9 times in Colorado.
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