girls:
1.6k births since 1975
#4130 (28th percentile)
boys:
381 births since 1997
#4205 (8th percentile)
overall:
2k births since 1975
#5766 (25th percentile)
The name Azure is the #5,766 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,009 recorded births since 1975. This represents the 25.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 25.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,130 (27.7% percentile) for all time with 1,628 births since 1975. For boys, it ranks #4,205 (8.3% percentile) for all time with 381 births since 1997.
Azure first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1975 (1975 for girls and 1997 for boys).
The name Azure has been given predominantly to girls, with 81.0% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 30.2% of babies named Azure were girls.
For girls, Azure reached its peak popularity in 1975, achieving the 15.4% percentile (ranked #637) with 78 births per million. The name was most common in 1975, with 78 births per million (ranked 15.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Azure ranks #939 for girls (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 9.6% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Azure reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 2.7% percentile (ranked #886) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 16 births per million (ranked 2.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2013, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Azure is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #886 (2.7% percentile) with 16 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Azure".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Azure. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 79.4% confident that Azure is pronounced as A-zher, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AY-zher, at 11.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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