Azalee
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AZ-a-lee
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Azalee is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “azalea flower”. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Azalee mean?
English: spelling of Azalea, the flowering shrub
“azalea flower”
The azalea's name comes from Greek azaleos, 'dry', after the dry soil it was thought to prefer.
Is Azalee a girl's or a boy's name?
Azalee is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Azalee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Azalee, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,356th. Its busiest year was 1924, with 50 girls. It first appears in the records in 1897.
Half of all the girls named Azalee in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 1954, the years shaded on the chart below.
Azalee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,391 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 14 | #7,625 |
| 2020 | 31 | #4,356 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 20 | #6,338 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,864 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 13 | #3,224 |
| 1954 | 11 | #3,489 |
| 1953 | 9 | #3,954 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,805 |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,481 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,175 |
| 1948 | 26 | #1,857 |
| 1947 | 15 | #2,636 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,879 |
| 1945 | 13 | #2,457 |
| 1944 | 20 | #1,915 |
| 1943 | 15 | #2,351 |
| 1942 | 19 | #1,980 |
| 1941 | 13 | #2,396 |
| 1940 | 21 | #1,745 |
| 1939 | 20 | #1,731 |
| 1938 | 16 | #2,021 |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1936 | 21 | #1,640 |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,606 |
| 1934 | 18 | #1,834 |
| 1933 | 25 | #1,470 |
| 1932 | 29 | #1,382 |
| 1931 | 25 | #1,501 |
| 1930 | 22 | #1,702 |
| 1929 | 29 | #1,418 |
| 1928 | 29 | #1,468 |
| 1927 | 35 | #1,361 |
| 1926 | 42 | #1,181 |
| 1925 | 43 | #1,176 |
| 1924 | 50 | #1,107 |
| 1923 | 39 | #1,245 |
| 1922 | 31 | #1,464 |
| 1921 | 31 | #1,476 |
| 1920 | 30 | #1,470 |
| 1919 | 49 | #1,026 |
| 1918 | 27 | #1,537 |
| 1917 | 31 | #1,307 |
| 1916 | 34 | #1,227 |
| 1915 | 20 | #1,672 |
| 1914 | 22 | #1,344 |
| 1913 | 29 | #1,003 |
| 1912 | 18 | #1,252 |
| 1911 | 13 | #1,300 |
| 1910 | 14 | #1,207 |
| 1909 | 19 | #935 |
| 1908 | 12 | #1,203 |
| 1907 | 13 | #1,092 |
| 1906 | 14 | #1,002 |
| 1905 | 10 | #1,237 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,485 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,792 |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,339 |
| 1900 | 11 | #1,170 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,501 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,384 |
Names like Azalee
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Violet Adeline Evelyn Olive Hazel Alice Josephine Eloise Ruby Frankie Annie Rosalie
Names related to Azalee
Azalea Azalia Azaleah Azaylie Azaleia Azaleya Azaela Azaylea
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Azalee: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/azalee, updated 20 October 2026.