Azrael
Azrael is ranked 735th among boys in 2024 (354 births). Its best rank was 684th, in 2023.
- Rank in 2024
- #735down 51 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3540.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 2023394 births
- Best rank
- #684in 2023
- Since 1994
- 3,101people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,762 boys have been named Azrael in the United States since 1994, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2023, with 394 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2023, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2021, and the 2020s alone account for 59%. It has spent 6 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 339 girls have also been given it, 11% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 2023, its biggest year
Azrael was the 684th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2023 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2023.
Names that rose and fell with Azrael
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Oziaspeak 2024
- Kreedpeak 2024
- Cillianpeak 2024
- Krewpeak 2024
- Asaiahpeak 2024
- Oaklandpeak 2022
- Tadeopeak 2024
- Jazielpeak 2024
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.