girls:
320 births since 2001
#5396 (6th percentile)
boys:
2.4k births since 1994
#2580 (44th percentile)
overall:
2.7k births since 1994
#5162 (33rd percentile)
The name Azrael is the #5,162 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,725 recorded births since 1994. This represents the 33.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 33.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,580 (43.7% percentile) for all time with 2,405 births since 1994. For girls, it ranks #5,396 (5.6% percentile) for all time with 320 births since 2001.
Azrael first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1994 (1994 for boys and 2001 for girls). Birth data for Azrael is available in 27 out of the 30 years between 1994 and 2023 (27 years for boys and 20 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 Azrael has been given predominantly to boys, with 88.3% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 94.5% of babies named Azrael were boys.
For boys, Azrael reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 39.1% percentile (ranked #555) with 215 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 215 births per million (ranked 39.1% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Azrael is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #555 (39.1% percentile) with 215 births per million.
For girls, Azrael reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 3.1% percentile (ranked #911) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 19 births per million (ranked 3.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2009, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Azrael ranks #929 for girls (1.9% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 68.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Azrael".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Azrael", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 7 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Azriel" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Azriel..
Our model has identified 9 different pronunciations for the name Azrael. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 23.8% confident that Azrael is pronounced as AZ-ree-uhl, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AZ-ray-uhl, at 21.4% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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