Azalea

What Azalea means

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

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #580 in 2015, #278 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Azalea?

US: Rising: up from #580 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #1324 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 1,109 girls got the name (#278 that year). First in the US records in 1902.

How common

• About 1 in 1,449 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 3,897 baby girls 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 HI (2.8 per 1,000 girls), NM (2.35 per 1,000 girls), SD (1.97 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Azalea is #278 in the US and #596 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Azalea were girls.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Azalia78 US · 3 E&W
• Azaliah59 US · 3 E&W
• Azaleah46 US · 3 E&W
• Azaylia31 US · 16 E&W
• Azelia28 US
• Azaleea0 US · 23 E&W
• Azaleia23 US
• Azaelia13 US

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 Azalea

Girls

• Eleanor#12possibly “other”^*
• Aurora#15Italian, from Latin Aurōra, meaning “dawn, sunrise”^*
• Josephine#53Feminine form of Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”^*
• Athena#109Editor’s note Up from #157 in 2015 to #109 in 2025 in the US
• Eloise#49Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #254 in 2015, #49 in 2025. 6 letters, starting with a vowel
• Juliette#110Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #227 in 2015, #110 in 2025

For a brother

• Bennett#40Form of Benedict, meaning “blessed, well spoken of”^*
• Ezra#20Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #93 in 2015, #20 in 2025. Short and simple: 4 letters
• Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”^*
• Muhammad#239“praised, commendable, laudable”^*
• Roman#42Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #42 in 2025
• Amir#105“commander, prince”^*

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 Azalea’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.