Azriel
- Pronunciation
- [A-zri-al]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- God Helps
- Origin
- Hebrew
About the Name Azriel
Azriel is a Hebrew name meaning "God is my help" or "help of God," built from elements meaning "help" and "God" — the same divine ending found in names like Gabriel and Daniel. It appears as a personal name in the Hebrew Bible and has a strong presence in Jewish tradition, where it carries a sense of divine support and protection wrapped in a lyrical, almost angelic-sounding form that appeals to the current taste for spiritual names.
Azriel is a very recent arrival on the American charts, entering the US Social Security top-1000 for boys in 2021 and appearing each year since, with a total of 1,480 births across that brief span. The name is climbing quickly: it reached its peak in 2024 at rank #607, rising from #736 in 2022 and #657 in 2023. That steep upward path marks it as a fresh favorite gaining ground fast, a name very much on the way up rather than settled or fading.
Azriel's appeal lies in its blend of ancient Hebrew gravity and a soft, flowing three-syllable sound that fits the current fondness for spiritual, -el ending names. The recorded variant is Azreal, an alternative spelling of the same evocative name, giving parents a slightly different look for the same meaning. With its rising momentum and gentle, melodic ending, Azriel sits comfortably among the spiritual boys' names finding new favor today.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Azriel
US Popularity History (2021–2025)
Annual US births named Azriel by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2025 with 566 boys named Azriel (boy rank #529 that year).
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Azriel Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Azriel the strongest states are New Mexico, Nevada, Connecticut.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Mexico | #319 | 30 |
| 2 | Nevada | #352 | 25 |
| 3 | Connecticut | #416 | 20 |
| 4 | Arizona | #520 | 121 |
| 5 | Massachusetts | #540 | 35 |
| 6 | Maryland | #589 | 32 |
| 7 | Colorado | #604 | 53 |
| 8 | Oregon | #611 | 20 |
| 9 | California | #678 | 239 |
| 10 | New York | #696 | 128 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virginia | #826 | 31 |
| 2 | Pennsylvania | #814 | 47 |
| 3 | Michigan | #788 | 26 |
| 4 | New Jersey | #767 | 49 |
| 5 | Washington | #751 | 61 |
| 6 | Indiana | #750 | 24 |
| 7 | Florida | #722 | 92 |
| 8 | Illinois | #707 | 41 |
| 9 | Texas | #705 | 334 |
| 10 | New York | #696 | 128 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Azriel in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Compare Azriel to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Azriel against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).