Is Azure a boy or girl name?

Azure is a unisex name. Of the 2,127 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 78.8% were girls and 21.2% were boys. It changed hands in 2020, and has gone mainly to boys since.

Name Legacy

Azure

Recorded 1975–2025 · United States

Azure was most popular in 1975, when 121 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,717 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,081, with 58 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,127 people named Azure.

Azure over time

Births per year. The dot marks Azure’s peak in 1975. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Azure a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Azure is a unisex name — 78.8% of the 2,127 Americans given it were girls and 21.2% were boys. It changed hands: since 2020 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.

Names that peaked alongside Azure

Where Azure is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

California 4.7×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org