Azam
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AH-zum
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Azam is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “greatest”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Azam mean?
Arabic
“greatest”
From Arabic a'zam 'greatest', as in Quaid-e-Azam, 'Great Leader', the title of Pakistan's founder Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
Is Azam a girl's or a boy's name?
Azam is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Azam in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 275% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Azam, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Azam in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Azam in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 2 | #6,336 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 1 | #4,616 |
| 2002 | 2 | #4,226 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Azam 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 Azam, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the boys named Azam in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Azam in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
Names like Azam
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad, Hamza, Abdullah, Ahmed, Arham, Musa, Zayd, Umar, Amir, Zayaan, Azaan, Ayham
Names related to Azam
More Arabic names
Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Kairo, Safa
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, “Azam: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/azam, updated 20 October 2026.