girls' name ★ peaked 2025

Azalea

Gender Girl Rank 2025 #278 Trend ↑ Rising 60%
Rank 2025
#278
among girls · ↑79 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
1,109
named Azalea · +27% vs 2024
How common
1 in 1,449
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2025
1,109 babies
All-time total
11,739
#1,513 all-time among girls
First recorded
1902
in Social Security records

Azalea popularity over time

11,739 babies have been named Azalea since 1902, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.190.380.560.7518801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2025Girls

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – –
1890s – – – –
1900s 59 6 – #1,160
1910s 118 12 +100% #1,681
1920s 127 13 +8% #1,712
1930s 55 6 -57% #2,942
1940s 32 3 -42% #3,055
1950s 81 8 +153% #2,520
1960s 43 4 -47% #4,282
1970s 135 14 +214% #3,438
1980s 162 16 +20% #3,751
1990s 384 38 +137% #2,361
2000s 1,094 109 +185% #1,513
2010s 4,457 446 +307% #509
2020s (to 2025) 4,992 832 +87% #278

Where Azalea is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 1,199 0.75 #258
2027 1,281 0.80 #244
2028 1,355 0.84 #226
2029 1,421 0.88 #214
2030 1,480 0.92 #207

Where Azalea is most popular

Girls named Azalea per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.537 per 1,000. Strongest in Wyoming, Hawaii, and New Mexico.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Azalea born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Wyoming 11 2.58 +380%
Hawaii 25 2.18 +306%
New Mexico 46 1.89 +252%
Alaska 16 1.86 +246%
Oregon 93 1.43 +166%
Nebraska 42 1.17 +118%
Arizona 154 1.10 +104%
Colorado 115 1.03 +92%
Idaho 31 0.926 +72%
Nevada 42 0.904 +68%
Utah 74 0.889 +66%
Montana 12 0.886 +65%
Wisconsin 91 0.883 +64%
Oklahoma 65 0.883 +64%
Minnesota 95 0.880 +64%
Washington 126 0.872 +62%
Iowa 49 0.839 +56%
California 637 0.758 +41%
Kansas 43 0.745 +39%
Texas 580 0.721 +34%
South Carolina 62 0.690 +28%
Indiana 92 0.655 +22%
Michigan 116 0.637 +19%
Louisiana 55 0.628 +17%
Ohio 142 0.598 +11%
Pennsylvania 141 0.596 +11%
North Carolina 130 0.571 +6%
Arkansas 30 0.568 +6%
Florida 242 0.566 +5%
Kentucky 47 0.550 ≈ national
North Dakota 7 0.533 ≈ national
Connecticut 30 0.516 ≈ national
Missouri 61 0.506 -6%
Tennessee 80 0.505 -6%
Georgia 114 0.502 -7%
Alabama 46 0.490 -9%
Illinois 112 0.489 -9%
Massachusetts 57 0.471 -12%
South Dakota 6 0.420 -22%
Maine 6 0.388 -28%
Virginia 62 0.364 -32%
Mississippi 17 0.363 -32%
New York 140 0.354 -34%
New Jersey 52 0.288 -46%
Maryland 29 0.274 -49%
West Virginia 6 0.229 -57%
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
New Hampshire – – –
Rhode Island – – –
Vermont – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Azalea

Azalea is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #278 in 2025 with 1,109 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1902, 11,739 American babies have been named Azalea. Its peak came in 2025, when 1,109 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Azalea stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Azalea?

The median living Azalea is about 7 years old; half are between 3 and 12. An estimated 11 thousand people named Azalea are alive in the United States today.

median 7 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Azalea year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank
2025 1,109 #278
2024 872 #357
2023 841 #365
2022 783 #401
2021 753 #419
2020 634 #483
2019 581 #528
2018 610 #509
2017 523 #576
2016 524 #586
2015 524 #580
2014 584 #531
2013 446 #628
2012 296 #893
2011 204 #1,184
2010 165 #1,394
2009 136 #1,641
2008 138 #1,636
2007 128 #1,706
2006 121 #1,725
2005 137 #1,513
2004 97 #1,927
2003 94 #1,927
2002 97 #1,846
2001 86 #1,981
2000 60 #2,514
1995 28 #3,786
1990 23 #4,251
1985 14 #5,101
1980 11 #5,942
1975 15 #4,157
1970 8 #5,857
1965 – –
1960 8 #4,796
1955 6 #5,255
1950 11 #3,242
1945 – –
1940 – –
1935 9 #2,942
1930 – –
1925 11 #2,957
1920 24 #1,712
1915 11 #2,551
1910 5 #2,447
1905 6 #1,720
1900 – –
1895 – –
1890 – –
1885 – –
1880 – –

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Azalea, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Azalea?

The median living Azalea is about 7 years old. Half of all living Azaleas are between 3 and 12 years old.

How many people named Azalea are alive today?

An estimated 11 thousand people named Azalea are alive in the United States, based on 11,739 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

How popular is the name Azalea in 2025?

Azalea ranked #278 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 1,109 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Azalea?

11,739 babies have been named Azalea in the United States since 1902, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Azalea most popular?

Azalea peaked in 2025, when 1,109 newborns received the name.

Is Azalea a boy or girl name?

Azalea is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Azalea rising or falling?

Azalea is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Azalea become more popular?

Azalea is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 1,480 girls named Azalea in 2030, which would rank around #207. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

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