girls:
80 births since 1921
#5636 (1st percentile)
boys:
410 births since 1900
#4176 (9th percentile)
overall:
490 births since 1900
#7249 (6th percentile)
The name Azel is the #7,249 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 490 recorded births since 1900. This represents the 6.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,176 (8.9% percentile) for all time with 410 births since 1900. For girls, it ranks #5,636 (1.4% percentile) for all time with 80 births since 1921.
Azel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1900 (1900 for boys and 1921 for girls). Birth data for Azel is available in 39 out of the 124 years between 1900 and 2023 (37 years for boys and 12 years for girls). 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 Azel has been given predominantly to boys, with 83.7% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 83.7% of babies named Azel were boys.
For boys, Azel reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 3.4% percentile (ranked #880) with 20 births per million. The name was most common in 1900, with 37 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Azel ranks #880 for boys (3.4% percentile) with 20 births per million, which is 53.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Azel reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #951) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Azel ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 70.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Azel".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Azel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 34.9% confident that Azel is pronounced as uh-ZEHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is A-zuhl, at 18.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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