Azari
Masculine
Azari is given to both — 832 boys and 2,040 girls since 1880. See Azari as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Azari joins an Az- front to the -ari ending, and the sound sits close to the Hebrew Azariah — the Lord has helped.
How old is the name Azari?
Azari first appears in US birth records in 2001 — 24 years ago. The typical Azari is a kid of about 4 — this name's wave is very recent. About 800 people named Azari are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Azari most popular?
Azari peaked in 2023, reaching #1694 nationally. Today it ranks #1919, 225 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
Our story of Azari is a story of a sound with three claimants. Azariah is a Hebrew statement about God's help, and belongs to one of the three young men in the fiery furnace. Azari is separately the name of a people and language of north-western Iran. And the -ari ending had been building American names since Amari arrived in the 1990s. Azari appears in the registers in the 2000s within reach of all three, and the record does not choose.
Meaningscholars disagree
Not established
The likeliest inherited route is Azariah, from the Hebrew azar, 'to help', and Yah, the divine name. A second treats Azari as a coinage on the -ari ending, alongside Amari and Kamari. A third notes the Azari people of north-western Iran. None is documented for this spelling.
Pronouncing Azari
uh-ZAR-ee
Three syllables, stress in the middle. Azari and Azaria are said close to identically.
Nicknames for Azari
Moderate
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
- 2001
- Most boys named
- 2023100 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1694reached in 2023
- Change vs 2024
- −12.0%81 in 2025, from 92
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
The same name elsewhere
- Azariah in Hebrew — related form
- Azaria in English — spelling variant
- Amari in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, New York, Pennsylvania.
Azaris among us
people named Azari are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 21,087 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 Jerard 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: Jerard climbed just as high around 1986, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jerard's path sketches the road Azari is walking now.
Azari sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
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 looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 28% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium 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 boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The Azariah route offers a complete statement where it holds.
- Az and Ari are two short forms, both with real use.
- Three syllables with a strong middle, a rhythm that carries unusually well.
- There is no documented meaning for this spelling.
- It is thoroughly unisex in American use.
- Amari and Azaria are close enough to cause confusion.
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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 800 people named Azari are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Azari in 2025?
- Azari ranks #1919 among US boy names in 2025, with 81 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Azari?
- About 1 in every 21,087 US boys born in 2025 was named Azari — 81 in all.
- Will my child share the name Azari with classmates?
- Azari will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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