Azim
Boy · ah-ZEEM · Arabic
Azim is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “great, magnificent”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 3,239th for boys in the US (36 babies).
What does Azim mean?
Arabic: from Arabic azim
“great, magnificent”
Al-Azim, 'the Magnificent', is one of the 99 names of God in Islam.
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- ah-ZEEM
Is Azim a girl's or a boy's name?
Azim is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 36 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Azim in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Azim, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Azim in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Azim in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,084 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,547 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 8 | #1,582 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,241 |
| 1996 | 8 | #1,506 |
How popular is Azim in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 36about 1 in 47,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 71% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 36 boys in the US were named Azim, making it the 3,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. It first appears in the records in 1973.
2025 had the most boys named Azim of any year since it first appeared, in 1973.
Half of all the boys named Azim in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Azim in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,239 |
| 2024 | 25 | #4,197 |
| 2023 | 28 | #3,880 |
| 2022 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2021 | 22 | #4,490 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 23 | #4,248 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,030 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,912 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
Names like Azim
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Hamza Ahmed Abdullah Musa Ibrahim Amir Umar Zayd Azeem Mustafa Azaan
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