Azari
Feminine
Azari is given to both — 2,040 girls and 832 boys since 1880. See Azari as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Azari is one of the genuinely new American names — it appeared in the national records within living memory, and it has been gaining ground rather than fading. Every sound in it is already familiar: the open A at the front, the bright -ARI ending it shares with Amari and Kamari, three syllables that move quickly and end on a vowel.
How old is the name Azari?
Azari first appears in US birth records in 1998 — 27 years ago. Azari is overwhelmingly a brand-new baby name right now — most Azaris are still in diapers. About 2,000 people named Azari are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Azari most popular?
Azari peaked in 2023, reaching #695 nationally. Today it ranks #766, 71 places below that high. See the whole 2023 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Azari
Some names arrive with a paper trail; this one arrived with a sound. Azari belongs to a family of names that American parents have been building for a generation now — Amari, Zara, Azalea, Azaria — where an A opens the mouth wide and the ending lifts. Its rise is recent enough that the story is still being written by the children carrying it, in California and Texas and Georgia and everywhere else, rather than handed down from anyone. That is an unusual position for a name to be in, and not a poor one: nothing about Azari is worn smooth yet.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No established meaning. What is documented is the shape of the name: it sits very close to Azariah and Azaria, a Hebrew name meaning "God has helped" that runs through the Hebrew Bible, and to Azar, the Persian word for fire that names a month in the Iranian calendar. Azari also exists independently as a surname and as a transliteration used for the Azerbaijani language. Which of these, if any, stands behind the American given name has not been traced.
Pronouncing Azari
uh-ZAR-ee
Also heard as ah-ZAR-ee, and occasionally with the stress pulled forward to AZ-uh-ree. Because the name is new, no one version has become the standard — whichever you use is likely to be the one people copy.
Nicknames for Azari
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What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1998
- Most girls named
- 2023415 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #695reached in 2023
- Change vs 2024
- +15.3%354 in 2025, from 307
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Azari in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Georgia.
Azaris among us
people named Azari are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 4,540 born in 2025 was named Azari
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Ryann test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Azari's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Ryann climbed just as high around 2006, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Ryann's path sketches the road Azari is walking now.
Azari is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Azari is headed
Azari is on a steep climb — if the curve holds, 2030 could see around 98% more babies given the name than today. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Azari beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Azari in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Spelled the way it sounds, with no silent letters and no unusual clusters — most people can read it aloud on first sight.
- Sits in a sound family Americans already know from Amari, Zara and Azalea, so it registers as a name immediately rather than needing explanation.
- Several ready-made short forms — Ari, Zari, Az — two of which also work as names on their own.
- Not tied to any one era or region of the country; it is climbing, not fading, so it will not date to a single stretch of years.
- It is close enough to Azaria, Azari and Azuri that you should expect to spell it out, and expect the occasional letter addressed to Azaria. Saying the spelling once at introductions solves most of it.
- There is no settled meaning to offer when someone asks — and someone will ask. If a documented meaning matters to you, this name cannot give you one honestly.
- US records show it almost entirely on girls, but the -ari ending it shares with Amari, which is used both ways, means gender will occasionally be guessed wrong on paper.
- Almost everyone carrying it is very young, so there are no adult Azaris to point to yet. She will most likely be the only one in her school, which some children enjoy and others find tiring.
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Frequently asked
- How many Azaris are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,000 people named Azari are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Azari in 2025?
- Azari ranks #766 among US girl names in 2025, with 354 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Azari?
- About 1 in every 4,540 US girls born in 2025 was named Azari — 354 in all.
- Will my child share the name Azari with classmates?
- Azari will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Azari
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