Given name
Azarias
“helped by God”
Azarias is used as a given name. One Hebrew interpretation is “helped by God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “helped by God.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
The story
The name appears in biblical tradition, giving it a longstanding religious and cultural context.
Azarias through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 427
- 427 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 41 babies
- 2025
- 41
- #2,997 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +53%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 41 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,997 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 52.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (8). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 301 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Azarias’s family of names
Azarias is a form of Azariah. In Portuguese usage, Azarias has a conventional equivalent in the English form Azariah.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Azarias
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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