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Aziz

Boys' name · Current

Living in the US
~1,800 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#2,006 among boys
Births in 2025
75 1,849 since 1880
Typical age
14 years, median

Aziz popularity over time

Aziz rank by birth year, 1972–2025Aziz ranked #4,441 in 1972 and #2,006 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #1,735, in 2024.#2,00619801990200020102020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1972–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

2024 is the peak year for Aziz, with 95 births. The name does not appear in the data until 1972. The 2025 position is #2,006, on 75 births.

Compared with 2015, births are up 36%. It slipped 271 places against the previous year.

Babies named Aziz per yearPeaks at 95 births in 2024.95 in 2024019801990200020102020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Aziz?

An estimated 1,800 living Americans are called Aziz. SSA has recorded 1,849 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Aziz?

Half of living Azizs are older than 14, half younger. Most living bearers were born in the 2010s. By the site’s era rules that makes Aziz a current name.

Your Aziz

Ages of living people named AzizHalf of living Azizs are older than 14 and half younger.median 1402040
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Aziz is most common

New York uses the name 3.2× as often as the country as a whole. New Jersey and Pennsylvania follow.

Where Aziz is used more than average3 states use the name Aziz more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: 3.2× the national rateNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: 2.6× the national ratePANew Jersey: 3.1× the national rateNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Aziz is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New York 108 3.2×
New Jersey 46 3.1×
Pennsylvania 53 2.6×

Aziz in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Aziz ranked #1,276 in 2025 on 22 births. That is 57% higher than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Aziz comes from

From Arabic عَزِيز (“dear”).

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Aziz

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Aziz Sancar Turkish geneticist; Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015 1946 77
Aziz Nesin Turkish writer 1915–1995 50
Aziz Akhannouch Prime Minister of Morocco since 2021 1961 44
Aziz Ansari American actor, stand-up comedian, screenwriter and director 1983 42
Aziz Behich Australian soccer player 1990 41
Aziz Nasirzadeh Iranian military officer 1964–2026 37
Aziz Bouhaddouz Moroccan footballer 1987 30
Aziz Bouderbala Moroccan footballer 1960 21
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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