Azarel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AZ-ah-rel
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Azarel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God has helped”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Azarel mean?
Hebrew: biblical name, from Hebrew azar 'help' and El 'God'
“God has helped”
Azarel, or Azareel, is the name of several minor figures in the books of Chronicles and Nehemiah.
Is Azarel a girl's or a boy's name?
Azarel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Azarel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 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, 8 boys in the US were named Azarel, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the boys named Azarel in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Azarel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
Names like Azarel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aziel, Asaiah, Azael, Azriel, Abdiel, Alijah, Azaiah, Axel, Jaziel, Haziel, Musa, Asiah
Names related to Azarel
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Azarel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/azarel, updated 20 October 2026.