Azizah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-ZEE-za
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Azizah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “dear, beloved; precious”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Azizah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Aziza; feminine of Aziz
“dear, beloved; precious”
Arabic speakers also use aziza affectionately to mean 'dear one'.
Meaning borrowed from Aziza.
Is Azizah a girl's or a boy's name?
Azizah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Azizah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 10 girls.
Half of all the girls named Azizah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Azizah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 2 | #7,600 |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 1 | #5,054 |
How popular is Azizah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Azizah, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the girls named Azizah in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 80 girls in the US were given Azizah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,979, up from #11,928 for this spelling alone.
- Aziza 73
- Azizah 7
Azizah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
Names like Azizah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Nusaybah, Safa, Aaminah, Sumayyah, Ruqayyah, Ayah, Zainab, Aafiyah, Aakifah, Abeeha, Farah
Other spellings of Azizah
Names related to Azizah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Azizah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/azizah, updated 20 October 2026.