Azrael

What Azrael means

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

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #2,132 in 2015, #656 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Azrael?

US: Rising: up from #2132 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #4747 in 2015, #4275 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 421 boys got the name (#656 that year). First in the US records in 1994.

How common

• About 1 in 4,057 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 67,984 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 NV (0.89 per 1,000 boys), AZ (0.79 per 1,000 boys), TX (0.61 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Azrael is #656 in the US and #4275 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 95.0% of US babies named Azrael were boys.

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

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Israel1,081 US · 39 E&W
• Ezrael73 US
• Izrael56 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.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Azriel

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Azrael

Boys

• Kohen#295Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #295 vs #896 in 2025
• Luca#14Form of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Emiliano#94Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #94 vs #1,359 in 2025
• Kai#93“warrior”^*
• Malakai#213Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #491 in 2015, #213 in 2025
• Axel#79Editor’s note Up from #123 in 2015 to #79 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 410 US boys in the 2025 records

For a sister

• Rory#230“red-haired king”^*
• Leilani#60Hawaiian, meaning “a lei; a child + heavenly, royal”^*
• Kailani#253“sea + sky”^*
• Elianna#218Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #598 in 2015, #218 in 2025
• Elaina#267Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #267 vs #951 in 2025
• Amira#132“princess”^*

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