girls:
4.2k births since 1995
#2655 (54th percentile)
boys:
252 births since 2003
#4334 (5th percentile)
overall:
4.4k births since 1995
#4100 (47th percentile)
The name Azul is the #4,100 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 4,447 recorded births since 1995. This represents the 47.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 47.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,655 (53.5% percentile) for all time with 4,195 births since 1995. For boys, it ranks #4,334 (5.4% percentile) for all time with 252 births since 2003.
Azul first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1995 (1995 for girls and 2003 for boys).
The name Azul has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 94.3% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 77.2% of babies named Azul were girls.
For girls, Azul reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 46.0% percentile (ranked #532) with 239 births per million. The name was most common in 2008, with 239 births per million (ranked 46.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Azul ranks #783 for girls (17.3% percentile) with 97 births per million, which is 40.5% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Azul reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 4.9% percentile (ranked #866) with 27 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 27 births per million (ranked 4.9% percentile). Despite a peak around 2013, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Azul is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #866 (4.9% percentile) with 27 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Azul".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Azul. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 81.8% confident that Azul is pronounced as uh-ZUEL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AH-zuel, at 15.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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