Azure
31% girls · 69% boys
About Azure
Azure is a colorful choice and currently, a gender neutral option, given to around 30 girls and 30 boys each year. Chosen by Elon Musk for his daughter, it fits in with other blue-toned color names like Indigo, Cerulean, and Blue itself.
Azure for boys#3042 US
In the Middle Ages, azure was another name for lapis lazuli, the gemstone used to make the brilliant pigment seen in much medieval art. In fact, it ultimately comes from the Persian word for the stone,lājvard.
Azure for girls#6360 US
Azure is a colorful gender-neutral choice, currently used equally for baby girls and boys in the US. It refers to a specific shade of blue seen in a cloudless sky. Elon Musk revealed Azure to be the name of his daughter with Shivon Zilis, twin sister to Strider.
In the Middle Ages, azure was another name for lapis lazuli, the gemstone used to make the brilliant pigment seen in much medieval art. In fact, the word comes from the Persian lājvard, which denotes the blue gemstone.
Given to around 30 babies in a recent year, Azure has been over taken by elaborate form, Azura.
Pronounced AZ-yur.
As of November 2026, Azure ranked #3042 for boys and #6360 for girls in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1005 for girls in 1975.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #4,712 | 20 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | #4,156 | 35 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | #4,311 | 33 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #4,010 | 26 | #4,554 | 30 |
| 2020 | #4,715 | 20 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #3,747 | 29 | #4,630 | 29 |
| 2022 | #4,191 | 25 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #3,721 | 30 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #3,603 | 31 | #4,773 | 28 |
| 2025 | #3,042 | 40 | — | 0 |
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Famous Azures
- Azure ParsonsGirl
American actress
- Azure Sanders (b. 2007)Girl
daughter of TV personality Ed Sanders; triplet of sisters Scarlette and Lucia
Azure in pop culture
- Prince Azure FurlowGirl
male character in Lauren DeStefano's "The Internment Chronicles"
- Azure MilesGirl
main character in Orson Scott Card's "Laddertop" series