# Azra (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/azra/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,414 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 130 / 1,284 (91% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 735, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 46 | 3,458 |
| 2012 | 50 | 3,274 |
| 2013 | 50 | 3,225 |
| 2014 | 44 | 3,551 |
| 2015 | 52 | 3,183 |
| 2016 | 50 | 3,240 |
| 2017 | 54 | 3,017 |
| 2018 | 51 | 3,164 |
| 2019 | 52 | 3,092 |
| 2020 | 53 | 3,024 |
| 2021 | 66 | 2,611 |
| 2022 | 64 | 2,700 |
| 2023 | 61 | 2,792 |
| 2024 | 65 | 2,669 |
| 2025 | 67 | 2,587 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 6 | 10,255 |
| 2010 | 6 | 10,905 |
| 2016 | 5 | 12,404 |
| 2017 | 5 | 12,487 |
| 2018 | 10 | 7,681 |
| 2019 | 8 | 8,993 |
| 2020 | 9 | 8,155 |
| 2021 | 13 | 6,368 |
| 2022 | 18 | 5,240 |
| 2023 | 14 | 6,266 |
| 2024 | 16 | 5,690 |
| 2025 | 20 | 4,875 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 28 | 1,168 |
| 2012 | 39 | 934 |
| 2013 | 32 | 1,098 |
| 2014 | 25 | 1,299 |
| 2015 | 32 | 1,088 |
| 2016 | 52 | 757 |
| 2017 | 28 | 1,219 |
| 2018 | 39 | 936 |
| 2019 | 39 | 920 |
| 2020 | 55 | 674 |
| 2021 | 34 | 1,007 |
| 2022 | 29 | 1,142 |
| 2023 | 29 | 1,135 |
| 2024 | 41 | 885 |
| 2025 | 27 | 1,197 |

## People named Azra

- Azra Jafari, Afghan politician
- Azra Hadzic, Australian tennis player
- Azra Sherwani, actress
- Donna Ares, Bosnia and Herzegovina singer (1977–2017)

## 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.