Azad
Boy · a-ZAHD · Persian
Azad is a boys' name of Persian origin, meaning “free”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
What does Azad mean?
Persian
“free”
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, a leader of India's independence movement, became its first education minister.
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Is Azad a girl's or a boy's name?
Azad is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 22 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Azad in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,087among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Azad, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,657th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 21 boys.
Half of all the boys named Azad in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2021. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 18 boys in the UK were given Azad or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,326, up from #2,087 for this spelling alone.
- Azad 12
- Azaad 6
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
Azad in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 14 | #1,825 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,155 |
| 2022 | 20 | #1,404 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,619 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,657 |
| 2019 | 12 | #1,974 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 14 | #1,804 |
| 2015 | 21 | #1,324 |
| 2014 | 13 | #1,834 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 12 | #1,887 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 11 | #1,742 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,608 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #1,840 |
How popular is Azad in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,538among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Azad, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 36 boys. It first appears in the records in 1918.
Half of all the boys named Azad in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Azad in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 36 | #3,291 |
| 2022 | 20 | #4,846 |
| 2021 | 24 | #4,243 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,167 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
Names like Azad
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Musa Ahmed Zayd Abdullah Ahad Zayaan Hamza Zayan Fahad Azaan Umar
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