Azure
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Azure is a name of English origin, meaning “sky blue”. In 2025 it ranked 3,035th for boys in the US (40 babies).
What does Azure mean?
English: English word, from Persian lazhward via Arabic and Old French
“sky blue”
The word comes from Persian lazhward, also the source of lapis lazuli, a deep blue stone.
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Is Azure a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Azure has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 18 girls and 40 boys in the US.
How popular is Azure in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,035among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 40about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 40 boys in the US were named Azure, making it the 3,035th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. It first appears in the records in 1997. 18 girls were also named Azure in 2025 (6,324th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Azure of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Azure in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1997, 73% of the babies named Azure in the US were girls. By 2025 it was 31%, with more boys than girls since 2022.
Azure in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,035 |
| 2024 | 31 | #3,603 |
| 2023 | 30 | #3,710 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,180 |
| 2021 | 29 | #3,736 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 26 | #4,000 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
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