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Azalea

Gender
Girl
Say it
a-ZAY-lee-a
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#636 for girls
US rank, 2025
#278 for girls

Azalea is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “azalea flower”. In 2025 it ranked 636th for girls in the UK (65 babies) and 278th for girls in the US (1,109 babies).

What does Azalea mean?

English: flower name, from Greek azaleos, 'dry'

“azalea flower”

The shrub was named from the Greek for 'dry', as it was thought to grow in dry soil.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Azalea a girl's or a boy's name?

Azalea is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 65 girls in the UK and 1,109 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Azalea in the UK?

Rank in 2025
636th among girls
Babies in 2025
65 about 1 in 4,300 girls
Five-year trend
Rising fast up 100% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 65 girls in the UK were named Azalea, making it the 636th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,064th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 65 girls.

Half of all the girls named Azalea in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 115 girls in the UK were given Azalea or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #401, up from #636 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 596th in England and Wales.

2009Busiest: 65 in 20242025
Azalea in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202565#636
202465#639
202354#727
202254#740
202145#860
202034#1,064
201927#1,285
201831#1,180
201725#1,396
201621#1,605
201525#1,389
201432#1,149
201321#1,559
20128#3,148
20115#4,244
20101#7,520
20093#5,801

How popular is Azalea in the US?

Rank in 2025
278th among girls
Babies in 2025
1,109 about 1 in 1,400 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 55% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 1,109 girls in the US were named Azalea, making it the 278th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 483rd. It first appears in the records in 1902.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had the most girls named Azalea of any year since it first appeared, in 1902.

Half of all the girls named Azalea in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 1,234 girls in the US were given Azalea or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #277, up from #278 for this spelling alone.

1902Busiest: 1,109 in 20252025
Azalea in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20251,109#278
2024872#357
2023841#365
2022783#401
2021753#419
2020634#483
2019581#528
2018610#509
2017523#576
2016524#586
2015524#580
2014584#531
2013446#628
2012296#893
2011204#1,182
2010165#1,392
2009136#1,639
2008138#1,635
2007128#1,704
2006121#1,722
2005137#1,513
200497#1,924
200394#1,924
200297#1,842
200186#1,974
200060#2,504
199958#2,468
199857#2,426
199756#2,357
199646#2,668
199528#3,775
199433#3,367
199333#3,346
199225#4,082
199125#4,053
199023#4,225
198926#3,778
198820#4,303
198719#4,280
198611#6,153
198514#5,075
198413#5,221
198315#4,685
198212#5,532
198121#3,738
198011#5,911
197914#4,841
197819#3,777
197716#4,234
197617#3,811
197515#4,139
197419#3,426
197311#4,869
19727#6,556
19719#5,541
19708#5,817
196911#4,417
19680–
19676#6,041
19660–
19650–
19648#5,007
19630–
196210#4,262
19610–
19608#4,772
19590–
19585#6,102
19570–
195617#2,825
19556#5,207
19545#5,751
195318#2,515
19528#4,122
195111#3,283
195011#3,234
19490–
19485#5,241
19470–
19466#4,416
19450–
19440–
194310#3,039
19425#4,620
19416#3,952
19400–
19395#4,248
19387#3,448
19375#4,253
19368#3,101
19359#2,924
19345#4,284
19330–
19329#3,045
19317#3,495
19300–
192913#2,436
192810#2,952
19275#4,803
192613#2,568
192511#2,938
192410#3,143
192310#3,124
192214#2,479
192117#2,195
192024#1,708
191914#2,384
191820#1,887
191714#2,315
191616#2,028
191511#2,525
19149#2,433
191313#1,670
191210#1,843
19116#2,191
19105#2,398
19098#1,607
190811#1,261
19075#2,060
190611#1,154
19056#1,695
19046#1,658
19035#1,791
19027#1,438

Names like Azalea

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Arabella, Emilia, Aria, Amelia, Ariella, Willow, Harper, Aurora, Athena, Isabella, Eliana, Thea

Other spellings of Azalea

Azaleea, Azaylia, Azaleya, Azaleah, Azayliah, Azaelia

Names related to Azalea

Azalia, Azaliah, Azaliyah, Azayla, Azaylie, Azaylah, Azaleia

More English names

Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Grace, Violet, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter

Every English name

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, “Azalea: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/azalea, updated 20 October 2026.