Azul
Mostly girls · ah-SOOL · Spanish
Azul is a name of Spanish origin, meaning “blue”. In 2025 it ranked 1,318th for girls in the US (169 babies).
What does Azul mean?
Spanish: Spanish word, ultimately from Persian via Arabic
“blue”
Azul is Spanish for blue; the word comes via Arabic from Persian lazhward, the source of lapis lazuli.
- Say it
- ah-SOOL
Is Azul a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Azul has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 169 girls and 38 boys in the US.
How popular is Azul in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,318among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 169about 1 in 9,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 169 girls in the US were named Azul, making it the 1,318th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,808th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 497 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995. 38 boys were also named Azul in 2025 (3,127th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Azul in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 82% of the babies named Azul in the US were girls.
Azul in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 169 | #1,318 |
| 2024 | 181 | #1,279 |
| 2023 | 170 | #1,330 |
| 2022 | 187 | #1,279 |
| 2021 | 137 | #1,532 |
| 2020 | 109 | #1,808 |
| 2019 | 136 | #1,569 |
| 2018 | 114 | #1,787 |
| 2017 | 112 | #1,828 |
| 2016 | 114 | #1,815 |
| 2015 | 162 | #1,425 |
| 2014 | 162 | #1,410 |
| 2013 | 180 | #1,301 |
| 2012 | 227 | #1,089 |
| 2011 | 234 | #1,054 |
| 2010 | 326 | #821 |
| 2009 | 358 | #792 |
| 2008 | 497 | #615 |
| 2007 | 405 | #723 |
| 2006 | 94 | #2,081 |
| 2005 | 75 | #2,356 |
| 2004 | 70 | #2,421 |
| 2003 | 79 | #2,184 |
| 2002 | 72 | #2,260 |
| 2001 | 71 | #2,255 |
| 2000 | 28 | #4,286 |
| 1999 | 26 | #4,309 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
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