Azaan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- a-ZAHN
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #424 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,145 for boys
Azaan is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “call to prayer”. In 2025 it ranked 424th for boys in the UK (105 babies) and 2,145th for boys in the US (67 babies).
What does Azaan mean?
Arabic: Urdu pronunciation of Arabic adhan
“call to prayer”
Adhan is the Muslim call to prayer, recited from mosques five times a day.
Is Azaan a girl's or a boy's name?
Azaan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 105 boys in the UK and 67 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Azaan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #424among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 105about 1 in 2,900 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 105 boys in the UK were named Azaan, making it the 424th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 324th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 163 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Azaan than any year since 2015.
Half of all the boys named Azaan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 131 boys in the UK were given Azaan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #372, up from #424 for this spelling alone.
- Azaan 105
- Azan 23
- Aazan 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 408th in England and Wales and 495th in Scotland.
Azaan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 105 | #424 |
| 2024 | 140 | #349 |
| 2023 | 113 | #401 |
| 2022 | 163 | #313 |
| 2021 | 151 | #339 |
| 2020 | 157 | #324 |
| 2019 | 150 | #343 |
| 2018 | 109 | #429 |
| 2017 | 108 | #443 |
| 2016 | 121 | #408 |
| 2015 | 98 | #464 |
| 2014 | 107 | #428 |
| 2013 | 116 | #399 |
| 2012 | 115 | #405 |
| 2011 | 92 | #459 |
| 2010 | 61 | #614 |
| 2009 | 65 | #572 |
| 2008 | 51 | #679 |
| 2007 | 36 | #827 |
| 2006 | 33 | #842 |
| 2005 | 34 | #796 |
| 2004 | 31 | #796 |
| 2003 | 41 | #611 |
| 2002 | 31 | #692 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,547 |
| 2000 | 9 | #1,503 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,267 |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Azaan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,145among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 67about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 67 boys in the US were named Azaan, making it the 2,145th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,849th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 97 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
2025 had fewer boys named Azaan than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Azaan in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 110 boys in the US were given Azaan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,401, up from #2,145 for this spelling alone.
- Azaan 67
- Azan 35
- Azon 8
Azaan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 67 | #2,145 |
| 2024 | 72 | #2,078 |
| 2023 | 71 | #2,077 |
| 2022 | 88 | #1,826 |
| 2021 | 97 | #1,688 |
| 2020 | 80 | #1,849 |
| 2019 | 69 | #2,080 |
| 2018 | 53 | #2,444 |
| 2017 | 47 | #2,636 |
| 2016 | 69 | #2,047 |
| 2015 | 48 | #2,564 |
| 2014 | 57 | #2,297 |
| 2013 | 63 | #2,112 |
| 2012 | 76 | #1,890 |
| 2011 | 57 | #2,260 |
| 2010 | 46 | #2,631 |
| 2009 | 40 | #2,945 |
| 2008 | 32 | #3,419 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 20 | #4,516 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
Names like Azaan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayaan Zayan Muhammad Abdullah Musa Ahmed Zayd Hamza Arham Rayyan Umar Abdulrahman
Other spellings of Azaan
Names related to Azaan
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Azaan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/azaan, updated 20 October 2026.