girls:
470 births since 1920
#5246 (8th percentile)
boys:
83 births since 1976
#4503 (2nd percentile)
overall:
553 births since 1920
#7186 (7th percentile)
The name Aza is the #7,186 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 553 recorded births since 1920. This represents the 7.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,246 (8.2% percentile) for all time with 470 births since 1920. For boys, it ranks #4,503 (1.7% percentile) for all time with 83 births since 1976.
Aza first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1920 (1920 for girls and 1976 for boys). Birth data for Aza is available in 45 out of the 104 years between 1920 and 2023 (43 years for girls and 11 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Aza has been given predominantly to girls, with 85.0% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 70.4% of babies named Aza were girls.
For girls, Aza reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 2.2% percentile (ranked #924) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 14 births per million (ranked 2.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2015, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Aza ranks #933 for girls (1.5% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 76.7% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Aza reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #918) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Aza ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 74.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Aza".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Aza. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 57.1% confident that Aza is pronounced as AY-zuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AH-zuh, at 16.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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