Azir
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- a-ZEER
- US rank, 2025
- #1,708 for boys
Azir is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,708th for boys in the US (95 babies).
What does Azir mean?
Modern US name of uncertain origin
Azir is also the name of a desert emperor character in the video game League of Legends.
Is Azir a girl's or a boy's name?
Azir is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 95 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Azir in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,708th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 95 about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 122% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 95 boys in the US were named Azir, making it the 1,708th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,272nd. It first appears in the records in 2001.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most boys named Azir of any year since it first appeared, in 2001.
Half of all the boys named Azir in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 105 boys in the US were given Azir or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,438, up from #1,708 for this spelling alone.
- Azir 95
- Aazir 10
Azir in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 95 | #1,708 |
| 2024 | 91 | #1,795 |
| 2023 | 52 | #2,540 |
| 2022 | 48 | #2,715 |
| 2021 | 41 | #2,971 |
| 2020 | 34 | #3,272 |
| 2019 | 43 | #2,850 |
| 2018 | 30 | #3,603 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
Names like Azir
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zahir, Zamir, Ahmir, Nazir, Amir, Musa, Zayd, Zymir, Hamza, Aamir, Zayan, Jamir
Names related to Azir
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, “Azir: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/azir, updated 20 October 2026.