Azadeh
Azadeh is a Persian female given name meaning free, free-minded also means someone noble, Persian. People named Azadeh include:
Meaning & Origin of Azadeh
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Azadeh is a Persian female given name meaning free, free-minded also means someone noble, Persian. People named Azadeh include:
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The Story of Azadeh
Azadeh first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1978, with 8 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1979, when 32 Azadehs were born — ranking #2,723 that year. As of 2026, Azadeh ranks #15,178 for baby girls with 5 births, with steady use. In total, more than 170 Azadehs have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Azadeh
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- Azadeh Ensha , Iranian-American journalist
- Azadeh Moaveni (born 1976), Iranian-American journalist and writer
- Azadeh Shafiq (1951–2011), Iranian royal and journalist
- Azadeh Shahshahani , Iranian-American human rights attorney
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Names that sound like Azadeh
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About the name Azadeh
Azadeh is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1978 and has accumulated 170 births in the dataset. Azadeh's peak popularity came in 1979 when it ranked #2,723. Use the chart and map above to compare Azadeh's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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