Azrael
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AZ-ray-el
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #656 for boys
Azrael is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “help of God”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 656th for boys in the US (421 babies).
What does Azrael mean?
Hebrew
“help of God”
In Islamic and some Jewish tradition, Azrael is the angel of death.
Is Azrael a girl's or a boy's name?
Azrael is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 22 girls and 421 boys in the US.
How popular is Azrael in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 133% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Azrael, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 10 boys.
Half of all the boys named Azrael in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 43 boys in the UK were given Azrael or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #748, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Azrael in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
How popular is Azrael in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #656among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 421about 1 in 4,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 91% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 421 boys in the US were named Azrael, making it the 656th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 928th. It first appears in the records in 1994. 22 girls were also named Azrael in 2025 (5,553rd for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Azrael of any year since it first appeared, in 1994.
Half of all the boys named Azrael in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,038 boys in the US were given Azrael or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #335, up from #656 for this spelling alone.
Azrael in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 421 | #656 |
| 2024 | 358 | #734 |
| 2023 | 394 | #684 |
| 2022 | 355 | #731 |
| 2021 | 284 | #837 |
| 2020 | 240 | #928 |
| 2019 | 225 | #953 |
| 2018 | 150 | #1,234 |
| 2017 | 132 | #1,348 |
| 2016 | 113 | #1,501 |
| 2015 | 65 | #2,132 |
| 2014 | 56 | #2,315 |
| 2013 | 66 | #2,043 |
| 2012 | 43 | #2,771 |
| 2011 | 40 | #2,903 |
| 2010 | 34 | #3,238 |
| 2009 | 28 | #3,719 |
| 2008 | 36 | #3,163 |
| 2007 | 22 | #4,373 |
| 2006 | 26 | #3,780 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 17 | #4,496 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
Names like Azrael
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa Muhammad Ibrahim Abdullah Zakariya Ayyub Eesa Arham Zayd Mustafa Zayan Ismail
Other spellings of Azrael
Names related to Azrael
More Hebrew names
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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, “Azrael: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/azrael, updated 20 October 2026.