Azia
Azia is a town in the Ihiala district of Nigeria. It is named after Azia Alamatugiugele who founded the settlement around 500 AD. Azia is located in Anambra State in the South East part of Nigeria.
Meaning & Origin of Azia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Azia is a town in the Ihiala district of Nigeria. It is named after Azia Alamatugiugele who founded the settlement around 500 AD. Azia is located in Anambra State in the South East part of Nigeria.
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The Story of Azia
Azia first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1980, with 10 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1999, when 74 Azias were born — ranking #2,073 that year. As of 2026, Azia ranks #5,555 for baby girls with 22 births, rising sharply (+32% over the past five years). In total, more than 1K Azias have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
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About the name Azia
Azia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1980 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Azia's peak popularity came in 1999 when it ranked #2,026. Use the chart and map above to compare Azia'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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