Meaning and history
This name comes from the flower name Azalea, referring to shrubs of the genus Rhododendron, and ultimately derives from the Greek ἀζαλέος (azaleos), meaning “dry.”
20062006: 121 births, rank #1,722
2007: 128 births, rank #1,704
2008: 138 births, rank #1,635
2009: 136 births, rank #1,639
2010: 165 births, rank #1,392
20112011: 204 births, rank #1,182
2012: 296 births, rank #893
2013: 446 births, rank #628
2014: 584 births, rank #531
2015: 524 births, rank #580
20162016: 524 births, rank #586
2017: 523 births, rank #576
2018: 610 births, rank #509
2019: 581 births, rank #528
2020: 634 births, rank #483
20212021: 753 births, rank #419
2022: 783 births, rank #401
2023: 841 births, rank #365
2024: 872 births, rank #357
20252025: 1,109 births, rank #278
Azalea rose from #357 to #278 for girls between 2024 and 2025. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 1,109.