How rare is the name Azalea?

5,474 people in the United States have the first name Azalea, about 1 in 55,176. It ranks #3,706 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

AZALEA

#3,706

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,474
About
1 in 55,176
This common or more
82.9%
Who bears it

Of the 5,474 people named Azalea, 44.2% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 30.9% as White and 11.2% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Azalea peaked in 2025, when 1,109 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19022025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
1,109
In 2025*
1,109
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 11,739 babies have been given the name since 1902. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Azalea by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #770. The largest share of babies named Azalea, 74.8%, were born in 2013 or later.

1900s#2,50659
1910s#3,734118
1920s#4,612127
1930s#6,31355
1940s#8,11632
1950s#6,53681
1960s#9,59143
1970s#6,865135
1980s#7,319162
1990s#5,108384
2000s#3,1371,094
2010s#1,2424,457
2020s#7704,992
Greatest Generation 1901–272.4%
Silent Generation 1928–450.8%
Baby boom 1946–641%
Generation X 1965–801.4%
Millennials 1981–963.1%
Generation Z 1997–1216.4%
2013 and later74.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Azalea is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Azalea has been most common in Nevada (3.3×), Arizona (3.1×), and New Mexico (2.8×), and least common in Maryland (0.3×).

9,744 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Azalea

#3,704 Callan · 5,479#3,704 Filomena · 5,479#3,707 Natali · 5,473#3,708 Xzavier · 5,467

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Azalea, most common first.

#7,941 Azalia · 1,858#19,319 Azalee · 549#24,891 Azaleah · 384

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