Azra

Girl · AZ-ra · Arabic

Azra is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “maiden, virgin”. In 2025 it ranked 1,247th for girls in the UK (27 babies) and 2,583rd for girls in the US (67 babies).

What does Azra mean?

Arabic: Arabic, via Turkish and Urdu

“maiden, virgin”

Linked to the Arabic adhra, 'maiden', a title given to the Virgin Mary.

Say it: AZ-ra

Is Azra a girl's or a boy's name?

Azra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 girls in the UK and 67 girls and 20 boys in the US.

How popular is Azra in the UK?

Rank in 2025: #1,247among girls
Babies in 2025: 27about 1 in 10,000 girls
Five-year trend: Fallingdown 29% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 27 girls in the UK were named Azra, making it the 1,247th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 730th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 55 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Azra than any year since 2014.

Half of all the girls named Azra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,197th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 55 in 20202025

Azra in the UK, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	27	#1,247
2024	41	#928
2023	29	#1,209
2022	29	#1,211
2021	37	#1,011
2020	55	#730
2019	43	#909
2018	39	#995
2017	29	#1,248
2016	54	#786
2015	32	#1,160
2014	26	#1,336
2013	34	#1,117
2012	39	#999
2011	29	#1,216
2010	32	#1,112
2009	18	#1,621
2008	25	#1,258
2007	29	#1,082
2006	16	#1,614
2005	19	#1,332
2004	26	#1,027
2003	11	#1,831
2002	4	#3,556
2001	4	#3,427
2000	10	#1,792
1999	5	#2,912
1998	3	#4,026
1997	7	#2,281
1996	6	#2,469

How popular is Azra in the US?

Rank in 2025: #2,583among girls
Babies in 2025: 67about 1 in 24,000 girls
Five-year trend: Steadyup 24% in five years
Same name in a class: under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 67 girls in the US were named Azra, making it the 2,583rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,015th. It first appears in the records in 1976. 20 boys were also named Azra in 2025 (4,856th for boys).

2025 had the most girls named Azra of any year since it first appeared, in 1976.

Half of all the girls named Azra in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 73 girls in the US were given Azra or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,087, up from #2,583 for this spelling alone.

Azra 67
Azrah 6

In 2025, 77% of the babies named Azra in the US were girls.

1976Busiest: 67 in 20252025

Azra in the US, year by year

Year	Girls	Rank
2025	67	#2,583
2024	65	#2,661
2023	61	#2,789
2022	64	#2,689
2021	66	#2,608
2020	53	#3,015
2019	52	#3,084
2018	51	#3,157
2017	54	#3,014
2016	50	#3,229
2015	52	#3,177
2014	44	#3,547
2013	50	#3,217
2012	50	#3,266
2011	46	#3,451
2010	40	#3,815
2009	39	#3,943
2008	35	#4,359
2007	41	#3,847
2006	30	#4,684
2005	35	#4,025
2004	37	#3,815
2003	22	#5,414
2002	20	#5,669
2001	18	#6,062
2000	13	#7,574
1999	19	#5,418
1998	14	#6,714
1997	10	#8,329
1996	10	#8,127
1995	9	#8,761
1994	5	#13,423
1993	6	#11,773
1992	6	#11,730
1991	5	#13,139
1990	5	#12,952
1989	0	–
1988	0	–
1987	8	#7,982
1986	6	#9,540
1985	9	#6,952
1984	0	–
1983	0	–
1982	0	–
1981	0	–
1980	6	#9,093
1979	0	–
1978	0	–
1977	6	#8,442
1976	5	#9,282

Names like Azra

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Other spellings of Azra

Azrah

Names related to Azra

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