Aza
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- AH-zah
- US rank, 2025
- #6,324 for girls
Aza is a name. In 2025 it ranked 6,324th for girls in the US (18 babies).
What does Aza mean?
Used in several cultures with different roots
Aza Holmes is the heroine of John Green's 2017 novel Turtles All the Way Down.
Is Aza a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Aza has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls and 19 boys in the US.
How popular is Aza in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,324th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 18 about 1 in 89,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 18 girls in the US were named Aza, making it the 6,324th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,663rd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1920. 19 boys were also named Aza in 2025 (5,044th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Aza in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 49% of the babies named Aza in the US were girls.
Aza in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,324 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 21 | #5,663 |
| 2019 | 26 | #5,039 |
| 2018 | 24 | #5,311 |
| 2017 | 23 | #5,515 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #4,548 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,284 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,563 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,971 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,009 |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
Names like Aza
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Aaliyah, Zayla, Zaira, Hafsa, Rahma, Zaya, Zahara, Zainab, Salma, Zamira, Amira
Names related to Aza
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aza: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aza, updated 20 October 2026.