Azaleah
Azaleah was the 3347th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 46 babies. Its best year was 2013, when it ranked 3277th with 49 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,073 places. More babies were named Azaleah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Azalea) azalea (flower) · Greek, English
- Rank in 2025
- #3,347 girls, up 107 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 46girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201349 babies
- Total since 1880
- 713babies recorded
What does the name Azaleah mean?
Azaleah is a spelling of Azalea, pronounced the same way, so it shares Azalea's meaning and origin.
Azalea is the name of a flowering shrub, used as a girl's name in the fashion for flower names. The plant name comes from Greek azaleos, "dry", because the shrubs were thought to grow in dry soil. Wiktionary lists Azalea as a female given name without further history. As a first name it is modern and American.
ἀζαλέος (Ancient Greek, “dry”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Azaleah, Zaylee.
See also: English names, names that mean flower.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Azalea', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Wiktionary, entry 'azalea', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- CMU Pronouncing Dictionary (cmudict), Carnegie Mellon University
- Dictionary.com Unabridged (based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary), with Collins English Dictionary, s.v. 'azalea', Dictionary.com / Random House / HarperCollins
Azaleah popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,347 | 46 |
| 2020 | #3,454 | 44 |
| 2010 | #5,633 | 24 |
| 2000 | #11,953 | 7 |
| 1990 | — | — |
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How popular is Azaleah, counting every spelling?
Azaleah is a spelling of Azalea, a name family that ranked #284 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,347 for Azaleah on its own. Together these spellings went to 1,177 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azalea | 1,109 | #278 | 4,358 |
| Azaleah | 46 | #3,347 | 220 |
| Azalee | 14 | #7,542 | 78 |
| Azalie | 8 | #11,085 | 27 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Azaleah?
46 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Azaleah (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Azaleah born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 182 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Azaleah.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Azaleah?
About 700 people born in the US named Azaleah are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 5 and 13. That makes Azaleah a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Azaleah by state
How common Azaleah was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Texas (2.1×). In 48 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Azaleah: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Azaleah, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Azaleah
What does Azaleah mean?
Azaleah is a spelling of Azalea, which means “azalea (flower)” (Greek, English origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Azaleah?
Azaleah was the 3347th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 46 babies. Its best year was 2013, when it ranked 3277th with 49 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,073 places. More babies were named Azaleah in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Azaleah a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Azaleah in the US.
Where is Azaleah most popular?
In 2021–2025, Azaleah was most common in Texas (0.06 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and Florida.