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“Biblical form — Asahel ('made by God') or Hazael ('God has seen')” — Hebrew (biblical) via Spanish origin
Boy's name · #645 in the US (2025) · Trending
Azael is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1977, it stood at #645 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet; about 3,900 boys have been named Azael along the way. In Texas and New Mexico it runs about 3× its national rate. Together with its spelling variant Asael (#1793), Azael would rank around #568 with about 520 births last year — the newborns split about 83/17 between Azael and Asael.
Around the world: about 1 in 690 boys in Puerto Rico (2025) · about 1 in 12,000 boys in France (2025) · about 1 in 13,000 boys in Canada (2024).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 20 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Similar names: Asael · Jasiel · Azariah · Oziel · Jael · Haziel
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