Azahel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-sah-EL
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
- Style
- New arrival
Azahel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has made”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Azahel mean?
Hebrew: Spanish spelling of Asahel
“God has made”
Asahel, a nephew of King David, is described in the Bible as being as swift as a wild gazelle.
Is Azahel a girl's or a boy's name?
Azahel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Azahel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,021st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 400% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Azahel, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys.
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were given Azahel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,668, up from #3,021 for this spelling alone.
- Azahel 7
- Azael 6
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Azahel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
How popular is Azahel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Azahel, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Azahel in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 531 boys in the US were given Azahel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #549, up from #7,675 for this spelling alone.
Azahel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
Names like Azahel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Muhammad, Abdullah, Ibrahim, Ayyub, Hamza, Huzaifa, Zayd, Zayaan, Mustafa, Zayan, Zakariya
Other spellings of Azahel
Names related to Azahel
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, “Azahel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/azahel, updated 20 October 2026.