How rare is the name Azariah?

6,513 people in the United States have the first name Azariah, about 1 in 46,374. It ranks #3,274 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

AZARIAH

#3,274

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,513
About
1 in 46,374
This common or more
82%
Who bears it

Of the 6,513 people named Azariah, 49.1% reported their origin as Black, 22.6% as Hispanic or Latino and 15.2% as White. 54.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Azariah peaked in 2025, when 1,108 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19722025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
1,108
In 2025*
1,108
Recorded as
used for both

At least 13,947 babies have been given the name since 1972. 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.

Azariah by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #696. The largest share of babies named Azariah, 71.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1970s#21,07710
1980s#15,75442
1990s#4,917406
2000s#1,8382,347
2010s#1,0645,517
2020s#6965,625
Generation X 1965–800.1%
Millennials 1981–961.5%
Generation Z 1997–1227%
2013 and later71.4%

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 Azariah is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Azariah has been most common in New Mexico (3.9×), Florida (2.4×), and Colorado (2.4×), and least common in Connecticut (0.26×).

11,109 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.

Spelled almost the same

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

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