Azam

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Azam: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Azam: Recorded since 1996, it reached #2,126 in 2009, and it stood at #3,688 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
18times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#2126highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1997	#2859
1998	#2901
2000	#2501
2001	#2220
2004	#3651
2006	#4052
2007	#3095
2008	#3158
2009	#2126
2013	#4685
2014	#3362
2015	#3908
2017	#4812
2020	#3848
2021	#3990
2023	#3112
2024	#3688

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 18 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2863 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #2126 among boys in England and Wales, in 2009 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3688 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Azam by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Azam in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	9	3 of 10	3
2000sbusiest	34	7 of 10	5
2010s	15	4 of 10	4
2020s	19	4 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Azam appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2126 in England and Wales in 2009.

Azam's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3908	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2126	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3158	5	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3095	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #2,126, first reached in 2009.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
8separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
3 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#3,688position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
9births registered in its largest year, 2009Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Adar · #2126, 16y
Jian · #2126, 21y
Mansour · #2126, 19y
Abdul-Kareem · #2125, 15y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Jian · #2126, 21y
Abdul-Kareem · #2125, 15y
Haziq · #2125, 25y
Alice-Rose · #2120, 14y

Azam and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Azam without appearing here.

Azam moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3848 and #3848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #4991.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3990 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #4991.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #3688 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Azam

Harper Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2220 and #2587 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #3651 and #2070.
Matheo Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3095 and #4333 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #3158 and #2276.
Daithi Compare
In 2016 they stood at #3362 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2017 that had become #4812 and #3996.
Gunnar Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3362 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3908 and #3373.

Moved the opposite way to Azam

Arlo Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Azam went from #2501 to #3688 while Arlo went from #2142 to #15.
Kasper Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Azam went from #2501 to #3688 while Kasper went from #1889 to #529.
Harper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Azam went from #2220 to #3688 while Harper went from #2587 to #1402.

Moved the same way as Azam

Shannon Compare
Between 1996 and 2017 in England and Wales · Boys, Azam went from #2863 to #4812 and Shannon from #1168 to #4812.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #2126 in England and Wales in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Azam by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Azam at a glance

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