Azim
Masculine · “great”
Azim is an Arabic word for greatness of a particular kind — vast, weighty, of great consequence. It is one of the divine names in Islam, which gives it a standing that few adjectives reach.
How old is the name Azim?
Azim first appears in US birth records in 1973 — 52 years ago. The typical Azim alive today was born around 2009, making them about 16 years old. About 600 people named Azim are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Azim most popular?
Azim peaked in 2025, reaching #3240 nationally. Today it ranks #3240, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Azim
The root behind azim describes greatness in scale and in weight rather than in rank, and Arabic uses it for mountains, for oaths and for God. As a personal name it has been in use since the early Islamic period and traveled with Arabic into Persian, Urdu, Turkish and Malay. In South Asia it is often part of a compound — Abdul Azim, servant of the Magnificent — and used alone as well. American records show it from families across that whole range.
Meaning
great, magnificent
From an Arabic root meaning to be great or immense; al-Azim, the Magnificent, is among the names of God, and the human name carries the ordinary adjective.
Pronouncing Azim
ah-ZEEM
Two syllables with the stress on the long second. English speakers often say AY-zim.
Nicknames for Azim
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
- 1973
- Most boys named
- 202536 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3240reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +44.0%36 in 2025, from 25
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.
Azim in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Adhim in Arabic — transliteration
- Azeem in Urdu — spelling variant
- Azim in Turkish — same name
- Azim in Malay — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Pennsylvania, Florida, Texas.
Azims among us
people named Azim are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 47,447 born in 2025 was named Azim
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Azim
- #3240
- Azim on the 2025 chart
- #812
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Azim went to 36 boys in 2025, but Asim, Aasim and Asiim are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 116, which makes it the 812th most-given boys’ name of the year — 2,428 places above the chart.
About 1 boy in 14,725 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 47,447 for Azim itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Saahil test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Azim's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Saahil climbed just as high around 2005, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Saahil's path sketches the road Azim is walking now.
Azim 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 Azim is headed
Azim looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 17% 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.
Azim beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Azim in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning that is precise rather than vague — greatness of scale, not of rank.
- Four letters and two syllables, easy to write and to say.
- Recognized across the Arab world, South Asia, Turkey and the Malay world.
- Azeem is an equally standard spelling and relatives may prefer it.
- The stress moves to the front in English, which flattens the name.
- Azim, Asim and Azam are three different Arabic names that English readers confuse.
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Frequently asked
- How many Azims are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Azim are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Azim?
- Azim is one of 4 recorded spellings. Asim is the more common one — 57 births in 2025 against 36 for Azim.
- How popular is the name Azim in 2025?
- Azim ranks #3240 among US boy names in 2025, with 36 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Azim?
- About 1 in every 47,447 US boys born in 2025 was named Azim — 36 in all.
- Will my child share the name Azim with classmates?
- Azim will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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