Azra
Feminine · “maiden”
Azra is given to both — 1,284 girls and 130 boys since 1880. See other names given to both
Azra is a maiden in Arabic — and it is the name of the beloved in a Persian romance about a love that kills.
How old is the name Azra?
Azra first appears in US birth records in 1976 — 49 years ago. The typical Azra is a kid of about 11 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,300 people named Azra are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Azra most popular?
Azra peaked in 2025, reaching #2583 nationally. Today it ranks #2583, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
Where it comes from
From adhra to Azra
The story of Azra
Vamiq and Azra is an eleventh-century Persian romance that survives only in fragments — a love story so famous its title became proverbial while the poem itself was almost entirely lost. Azra is also the Arabic title of the Virgin Mary. It appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
maiden, virgin
From the Arabic adhra or azra, 'virgin' or 'maiden', used as a title of Mary in Arabic Christianity. The Persian romance of Vamiq and Azra carries the name. It is standard in Turkish, Bosnian and South Asian naming. The Arabic is documented.
How the name formed
- adhra
- Azra
Related forms: عذراء · Azra · Azra
Pronouncing Azra
AZ-rah
Two syllables, stress on the first. Arabic gives the initial ayin a throat sound English lacks.
Nicknames for Azra
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
- 1976
- Most girls named
- 202567 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2583reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +3.1%67 in 2025, from 65
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.
Azra in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- عذراء in Arabic — transliteration
- Azra in Turkish — same name
- Azra in Bosnian — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: New York, New Jersey, California.
Azras among us
people named Azra are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 23,989 born in 2025 was named Azra
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Azra
- #2583
- Azra on the 2025 chart
- #842
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Azra went to 67 girls in 2025, but Asra and Azrah are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 118, which makes it the 842nd most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,741 places above the chart.
- Azra67
- Asra45
- Azrah6
About 1 girl in 13,621 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 23,989 for Azra 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 Calie test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Azra's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Calie climbed just as high around 2008, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Calie's path sketches the road Azra is walking now.
Azra 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 Azra is headed
Azra should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
High 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.
Azra beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Azra in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That a famous poem survives only in fragments while its title became proverbial is a first-rate fact.
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk in English.
- It works across Turkish, Bosnian and South Asian contexts.
- The literal meaning is 'virgin', which some families will weigh.
- The initial consonant is not reproducible in English.
- It reads as specifically Muslim.
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Feminine · #2583 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Azras are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,300 people named Azra are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Azra?
- Azra is the most-used spelling in US records — 67 of the 118 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Asra and Azrah.
- How popular is the name Azra in 2025?
- Azra ranks #2583 among US girl names in 2025, with 67 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Azra?
- About 1 in every 23,989 US girls born in 2025 was named Azra — 67 in all.
- Will my child share the name Azra with classmates?
- Azra will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Azra
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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