girls:
154 births since 2007
#5562 (3rd percentile)
boys:
29 births since 2017
#4557 (1st percentile)
overall:
183 births since 2007
#7556 (2nd percentile)
The name Azani is the #7,556 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 183 recorded births since 2007. This represents the 2.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 2.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,562 (2.7% percentile) for all time with 154 births since 2007. For boys, it ranks #4,557 (0.6% percentile) for all time with 29 births since 2017.
Azani first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2007 (2007 for girls and 2017 for boys). Birth data for Azani is available in 15 out of the 17 years between 2007 and 2023 (15 years for girls and 5 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 Azani has been given predominantly to girls, with 84.2% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 76.9% of babies named Azani were girls.
For girls, Azani reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 2.4% percentile (ranked #935) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 16 births per million (ranked 2.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Azani ranks #932 for girls (1.6% percentile) with 11 births per million, which is 73.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Azani reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #922) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Azani ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 87.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Azani".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Azani. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 88.2% confident that Azani is pronounced as uh-ZAH-nee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-ZUH-nee, at 11.8% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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