Azel
Boy · AY-zel · Hebrew
Azel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,049th for boys in the US (26 babies).
What does Azel mean?
Hebrew: biblical name
Azel is a minor biblical figure, a descendant of King Saul listed in the First Book of Chronicles.
- Say it
- AY-zel
Is Azel a girl's or a boy's name?
Azel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Azel in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2024, with 6 boys.
Azel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
How popular is Azel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,049among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 66,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 26 boys in the US were named Azel, making it the 4,049th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,731st. Its busiest year was 2023, with 36 boys. It first appears in the records in 1900.
Half of all the boys named Azel in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2024, 20% of the babies named Azel in the US were girls.
Azel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #4,049 |
| 2024 | 32 | #3,522 |
| 2023 | 36 | #3,291 |
| 2022 | 28 | #3,876 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,007 |
| 2020 | 28 | #3,731 |
| 2019 | 30 | #3,633 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,644 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 10 | #2,723 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 8 | #2,828 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,161 |
Names like Azel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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