Azucena
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-soo-SEH-nah
- Origin
- Spanish
- US rank, 2025
- #3,644 for girls
Azucena is a girls' name of Spanish origin, meaning “white lily”. In 2025 it ranked 3,644th for girls in the US (41 babies).
What does Azucena mean?
Spanish: Spanish word, from Arabic as-susana
“white lily”
The Madonna lily is a symbol of purity; the word reached Spanish from Arabic and is related to Susanna.
Is Azucena a girl's or a boy's name?
Azucena is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 41 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Azucena in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,644th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 41 about 1 in 39,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 41 girls in the US were named Azucena, making it the 3,644th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,399th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 194 girls. It first appears in the records in 1917.
Half of all the girls named Azucena in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Azucena in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | #3,644 |
| 2024 | 45 | #3,459 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,761 |
| 2022 | 34 | #4,200 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,960 |
| 2020 | 45 | #3,399 |
| 2019 | 32 | #4,342 |
| 2018 | 43 | #3,558 |
| 2017 | 50 | #3,192 |
| 2016 | 45 | #3,464 |
| 2015 | 48 | #3,346 |
| 2014 | 56 | #3,003 |
| 2013 | 62 | #2,768 |
| 2012 | 56 | #3,005 |
| 2011 | 64 | #2,724 |
| 2010 | 102 | #1,959 |
| 2009 | 93 | #2,148 |
| 2008 | 151 | #1,531 |
| 2007 | 134 | #1,655 |
| 2006 | 117 | #1,771 |
| 2005 | 116 | #1,703 |
| 2004 | 118 | #1,642 |
| 2003 | 150 | #1,347 |
| 2002 | 170 | #1,196 |
| 2001 | 194 | #1,089 |
| 2000 | 87 | #1,934 |
| 1999 | 86 | #1,841 |
| 1998 | 81 | #1,880 |
| 1997 | 92 | #1,694 |
| 1996 | 83 | #1,778 |
| 1995 | 84 | #1,726 |
| 1994 | 101 | #1,531 |
| 1993 | 88 | #1,690 |
| 1992 | 91 | #1,657 |
| 1991 | 82 | #1,746 |
| 1990 | 90 | #1,640 |
| 1989 | 58 | #2,114 |
| 1988 | 41 | #2,592 |
| 1987 | 42 | #2,432 |
| 1986 | 34 | #2,778 |
| 1985 | 49 | #2,136 |
| 1984 | 42 | #2,298 |
| 1983 | 31 | #2,782 |
| 1982 | 32 | #2,830 |
| 1981 | 50 | #2,061 |
| 1980 | 38 | #2,486 |
| 1979 | 36 | #2,525 |
| 1978 | 47 | #2,012 |
| 1977 | 41 | #2,216 |
| 1976 | 31 | #2,545 |
| 1975 | 25 | #2,881 |
| 1974 | 26 | #2,757 |
| 1973 | 19 | #3,341 |
| 1972 | 13 | #4,299 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,532 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 10 | #4,238 |
| 1960 | 10 | #4,183 |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,466 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,861 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,592 |
Nicknames for Azucena
- Susi
Names like Azucena
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ariana, Dulce, Ximena, Xiomara, Esmeralda, Angelique, Solana, Lucero, Marisol, Mariana, Alora, Ariadna
Names related to Azucena
More Spanish names
Santiago, Lola, Xavier, Amaya, Alaia, Diego, Rio, Cruz, Elian, Jesus, Javier, Amayah, Reina, Cesar, Sierra, Paloma
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, “Azucena: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/azucena, updated 20 October 2026.