Azir
Masculine · “mighty”
Azir sits close to the Arabic aziz — mighty and beloved, one of the ninety-nine names of God — though the exact form is recent and its route is not documented.
How old is the name Azir?
Azir first appears in US birth records in 2001 — 24 years ago. The typical Azir is a kid of about 4 — this name's wave is very recent. About 600 people named Azir are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Azir most popular?
Azir peaked in 2025, reaching #1708 nationally. Today it ranks #1708, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From aziz to Azir
Our story of Azir
Our story of Azir is a story of a root and a fashion arriving together. The Arabic aziz has fourteen centuries of use and a place among the divine names; the Az- front, meanwhile, had become one of the busiest in American naming by the 2010s, giving Azariah, Azael and Azion. Azir appears in the registers in that decade. Some families came through the Arabic and some through the sound, and the record keeps no note of which.
Meaningscholars disagree
mighty, beloved
The likeliest inherited route is the Arabic aziz, 'mighty', 'powerful' or 'beloved', from a root about strength and preciousness — Al-Aziz is among the ninety-nine names of God. Whether Azir descends from it or is a modern coinage on the Az- front is not documented.
How the name formed
- aziz
- Azir
Related forms: Aziz · Azeer · Aziz
Pronouncing Azir
uh-ZEER
Two syllables, stress on the second. Arabic aziz is ah-ZEEZ with a different final consonant.
Nicknames for Azir
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
- 202595 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1708reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +4.4%95 in 2025, from 91
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.
Azir in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Aziz in Arabic — related form
- Azeer in English — spelling variant
- Aziz in Turkish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Pennsylvania, Florida, Illinois.
Azirs among us
people named Azir are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 17,980 born in 2025 was named Azir
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Azir
- #1708
- Azir on the 2025 chart
- #766
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Azir went to 95 boys in 2025, but Aasir, Asir and Aazir are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 162, which makes it the 766th most-given boys’ name of the year — 942 places above the chart.
- Azir95
- Aasir36
- Asir21
- Aazir10
About 1 boy in 10,544 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 17,980 for Azir 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 Haris test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Azir's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Haris climbed just as high around 2002, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Haris's path sketches the road Azir is walking now.
Azir 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 Azir is headed
Azir looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 48% 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.
Azir beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Azir in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The Arabic root behind the sound is genuinely strong and undisputed.
- The end stress gives it a strong rhythm against a front-stressed surname.
- It is genuinely rare and immediately distinctive.
- The descent from the Arabic is claimed rather than documented.
- A video-game character carries the name for many people.
- It is very new and will need spelling out.
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Masculine · #1708 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Azirs 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 Azir are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Azir?
- Azir is the most-used spelling in US records — 95 of the 162 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Aasir, Asir and Aazir.
- How popular is the name Azir in 2025?
- Azir ranks #1708 among US boy names in 2025, with 95 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Azir?
- About 1 in every 17,980 US boys born in 2025 was named Azir — 95 in all.
- Will my child share the name Azir with classmates?
- Azir will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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