Azael
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-sah-EL
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #645 for boys
Azael is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has made”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 645th for boys in the US (432 babies).
What does Azael mean?
Hebrew: Spanish variant of Asahel
“God has made”
A form of Asahel, a nephew of King David in the Bible, famed for his speed of foot.
Is Azael a girl's or a boy's name?
Azael is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 432 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Azael in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Azael, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd.
2025 had the most boys named Azael of any year since it first appeared, in 2013.
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were given Azael or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,668, up from #3,329 for this spelling alone.
- Azahel 7
- Azael 6
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Azael in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
How popular is Azael in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 645th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 432 about 1 in 4,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 163% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 432 boys in the US were named Azael, making it the 645th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,130th. It first appears in the records in 1977.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most boys named Azael of any year since it first appeared, in 1977.
Half of all the boys named Azael in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 531 boys in the US were given Azael or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #549, up from #645 for this spelling alone.
Azael in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 432 | #645 |
| 2024 | 420 | #655 |
| 2023 | 379 | #702 |
| 2022 | 287 | #848 |
| 2021 | 237 | #951 |
| 2020 | 173 | #1,130 |
| 2019 | 178 | #1,107 |
| 2018 | 117 | #1,478 |
| 2017 | 120 | #1,433 |
| 2016 | 112 | #1,515 |
| 2015 | 122 | #1,406 |
| 2014 | 104 | #1,536 |
| 2013 | 95 | #1,612 |
| 2012 | 82 | #1,798 |
| 2011 | 66 | #2,034 |
| 2010 | 89 | #1,713 |
| 2009 | 117 | #1,433 |
| 2008 | 109 | #1,494 |
| 2007 | 93 | #1,650 |
| 2006 | 89 | #1,617 |
| 2005 | 74 | #1,769 |
| 2004 | 76 | #1,684 |
| 2003 | 78 | #1,608 |
| 2002 | 29 | #3,091 |
| 2001 | 39 | #2,485 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 36 | #2,459 |
| 1998 | 26 | #3,014 |
| 1997 | 21 | #3,346 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 13 | #4,531 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 11 | #4,864 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 10 | #4,986 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
Names like Azael
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Musa, Ibrahim, Abdullah, Zakariya, Mustafa, Hamza, Ismail, Ayyub, Ahmed, Amir, Zayd
Other spellings of Azael
Names related to Azael
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Azael: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/azael, updated 20 October 2026.