Azael

What Azael means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Azael yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,406 in 2015, #645 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Azael?

US: Rising: up from #1406 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 432 boys got the name (#645 that year). First in the US records in 1977.

How common

• About 1 in 3,954 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 45,323 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (0.92 per 1,000 boys), TX (0.82 per 1,000 boys), NV (0.8 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Azael is #645 in the US and #3256 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Azael were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Izael336 US
• Isael231 US
• Asael89 US
• Azul38 US
• Ezael32 US
• Izel30 US
• Azel26 US
• Ezel6 US · 15 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Azael

Boys

• Luka#85Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #85 vs #261 in 2025
• Luca#14Form of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Rowan#59“little red one”^*
• Jaziel#198Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #934 in 2015, #198 in 2025
• Cyrus#268Editor’s note Up from #469 in 2015 to #268 in 2025 in the US
• Emilio#154Spanish and Italian, meaning “rival”^*

For a sister

• Amira#132“princess”^*
• Rory#230“red-haired king”^*
• Leilani#60Hawaiian, meaning “a lei; a child + heavenly, royal”^*
• Eliana#10Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #10 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel
• Elianna#218Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #598 in 2015, #218 in 2025
• Sylvie#282Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,175 in 2015, #282 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Azael’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.