Recorded 1995–2025 · United States
Azul was most popular in 2008, when 506 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,127 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,157, with 207 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 4,885 people named Azul.
Azul first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1995, which makes it about 30 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 31 of the 31 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 4,885 American births named Azul 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 4,848 are estimated to be alive today.
207 American babies were named Azul in 2025, ranking #2,157 that year.
Azul is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 210 births a year, against 198 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of +6% 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 Azul is mostly a girl’s name — 93.1% of the 4,885 Americans given it were girls and 6.9% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 83% girls and 17% 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 4,848 Americans named Azul are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 14 years old, and half are between 7 and 18. That is a narrow band: Azul arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
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