Azarias
Azarias is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Azarias Friton, Roman Catholic prelate Azarías Pallais, Nicaraguan poet Azarias Ruberwa, Congolese politician, lawyer, and public figure Brother Azarias, Irish-American educator, essayist and littérateur
- Biblical Greek
- Biblical Latin
- Biblical French
Meaning & Origin of Azarias
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Azarias is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Azarias Friton, Roman Catholic prelate Azarías Pallais, Nicaraguan poet Azarias Ruberwa, Congolese politician, lawyer, and public figure Brother Azarias, Irish-American educator, essayist and littérateur
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Biblical Greek
- Biblical Latin
- Biblical French
The Story of Azarias
American parents first put Azarias on the record books as a baby boy name in 1998, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2024, when 40 Azariass were born — ranking #3,036 that year. About 46% of every Azarias on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Azarias ranks #3,220 for baby boys with 37 births, rising sharply (+43% over the past five years). All told, over 458 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
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About the name Azarias
Azarias is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1998 and has accumulated 458 births in the dataset. Azarias's peak popularity came in 2024 when it ranked #3,036. Use the chart and map above to compare Azarias'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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