Girl’s name · Hebrew, Spanish

Azara

How to say it: uh-ZAR-uh · /əˈzɑrə/

Possibly from Hebrew 'azar' meaning 'helped' or Spanish place-name - rare modern choice also a flowering shrub genus.

Azara was the 1,333rd most popular girls’ name in the United States in 2025, given to 119 babies (Social Security Administration). The 2020s are its busiest decade so far, its births are up 6.2-fold in ten years, and it is projected to rise to #853 by 2030.

Updated · SSA 2025 data, published May 2026 · How we compute these figures

#1,333for girls in 2025
1 in 27,860US babies
119born in 2025
#853projected for 2030
2020sits peak decade
under 1 in 200chance a classmate shares it

Key facts

Key facts about Azara
Rank among girls’ names, 2025#1,333
Babies born in 2025119
Share of births1 in 27,860
Peak decade2020s
Change over 10 years×6.2
Projected rank for 2030 (estimate)#853

Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA). How we compute these figures.

Its life, decade by decade

Azara is a newcomer: almost all of its history is from the last forty years.

1900195020002020–25
Peak: 49 per million births, 2020s.

What goes with it

Nicknames

  • Aza
  • Zara
  • Ari

Honouring a Azara in the family

In the classroom

In a class of 25 children born in 2025, the chance that another child is called Azara is about under 1 in 200.

Around the world

This spelling is used in Arabic, English, Hebrew, Spanish.

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