Azar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- a-ZAR
- Origin
- Persian
- US rank, 2025
- #3,127 for boys
Azar is a boys' name of Persian origin, meaning “fire”. In 2025 it ranked 3,127th for boys in the US (38 babies).
What does Azar mean?
Persian: Persian azar
“fire”
In the Quran (6:74) Azar is the name of Abraham's father.
Is Azar a girl's or a boy's name?
Azar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 38 boys in the US.
How popular is Azar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,127among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 38about 1 in 45,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 138% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 38 boys in the US were named Azar, making it the 3,127th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. It first appears in the records in 1973. 5 girls were also named Azar in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Azar of any year since it first appeared, in 1973.
Half of all the boys named Azar in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Azar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #3,127 |
| 2024 | 24 | #4,318 |
| 2023 | 19 | #5,070 |
| 2022 | 23 | #4,438 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 5 | #5,099 |
Names like Azar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zahir Azir Zamir Ahmir Musa Umar Ammar Amir Zayd Khaza Nazir Hamza
Names related to Azar
More Persian names
Jasper Esther Jasmine Casper Cyrus Yasmin Darius Zorawar Kiyan Rumi Yasmine Kasper Mahnoor Dario Arian Arman
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, “Azar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/azar, updated 20 October 2026.