Meaning and history
Azrael is a variant of Azarel and refers to an angel in Jewish and Islamic tradition who separates the soul from the body at death; he is sometimes called the Angel of Death.
20062006: 26 births, rank #3,782
2007: 22 births, rank #4,375
2008: 36 births, rank #3,165
2009: 28 births, rank #3,721
2010: 34 births, rank #3,239
20112011: 40 births, rank #2,904
2012: 43 births, rank #2,772
2013: 66 births, rank #2,044
2014: 56 births, rank #2,317
2015: 65 births, rank #2,132
20162016: 113 births, rank #1,501
2017: 132 births, rank #1,348
2018: 150 births, rank #1,234
2019: 225 births, rank #953
2020: 240 births, rank #928
20212021: 284 births, rank #837
2022: 355 births, rank #731
2023: 394 births, rank #684
2024: 358 births, rank #734
20252025: 421 births, rank #656
Azrael rose from #734 to #656 for boys between 2024 and 2025. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 421.