# Aziz (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/aziz/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | “dear” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,849 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,849 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 353, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Arabic عَزِيز (ʕazīz, “dear”).

## What it means

Aziz is grouped under love.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 43 | 2,756 |
| 2012 | 54 | 2,359 |
| 2013 | 62 | 2,140 |
| 2014 | 44 | 2,711 |
| 2015 | 55 | 2,358 |
| 2016 | 63 | 2,172 |
| 2017 | 50 | 2,534 |
| 2018 | 61 | 2,237 |
| 2019 | 55 | 2,428 |
| 2020 | 45 | 2,731 |
| 2021 | 71 | 2,062 |
| 2022 | 76 | 2,003 |
| 2023 | 82 | 1,912 |
| 2024 | 95 | 1,736 |
| 2025 | 75 | 2,008 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 1,522 |
| 2012 | 11 | 1,962 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,403 |
| 2014 | 17 | 1,421 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,319 |
| 2016 | 19 | 1,363 |
| 2017 | 17 | 1,470 |
| 2018 | 12 | 1,875 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,104 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,635 |
| 2021 | 18 | 1,391 |
| 2022 | 13 | 1,781 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,160 |
| 2024 | 20 | 1,322 |
| 2025 | 22 | 1,276 |

## People named Aziz

- Aziz Ansari, American actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter and director
- Aziz Behich, Australian soccer player
- Al-Aziz Uthman, Ayyubid Sultan of Egypt 1171-1198
- Aziz Fahmy, Egyptian footballer (1914-1991)
- Aziz Ab'Sáber, Brazilian environmentalist (1924-2012)
- Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi, 26th Chief Justice of India
- 'Aziz 'Ali al-Misri, co-founder of Al-gahtaniyya and al-‘ahd
- Aziz Corr Nyang, Gambian footballer
- Aziz Suryal Atiya, Egyptian coptologist (1898–1988)
- Aziz Abaza, Egyptian poet

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.