Recorded 1972–2025 · United States
Azariah was most popular in 2025, when 1,108 American babies were given the name — ranking #603 that year. In 2025 it ranked #603, with 1,108 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 13,947 people named Azariah.
Azariah first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1972, which makes it about 53 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 44 of the 54 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 13,947 American births named Azariah between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 13,833 are estimated to be alive today.
1,108 American babies were named Azariah in 2025, ranking #603 that year.
Azariah is rising. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 986 births a year, against 502 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +96% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Azariah is a unisex name — 53.0% of the 13,947 Americans given it were girls and 47.0% were boys. It changed hands: since 2024 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 48% girls and 52% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 13,833 Americans named Azariah are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 9 years old, and half are between 4 and 15. That is a narrow band because Azariah is a young name — it only became common recently, so almost everyone carrying it is still a child or a young adult.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org