Aziz is a distinctive choice, ranked #1322 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Aziz in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1322
About the Name Aziz
Aziz is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 313 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #1000 in 1998 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Aziz is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Aziz
Unlikely. With around 20 UK babies named Aziz per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Aziz in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Aziz is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 313 places over the last five years to #1322 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Aziz is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Aziz include: Khaled Aziz — Khaled Aziz Al-Thaker is a Saudi Arabian former footballer who played as a midfielder.; Nasha Aziz — Noraishah "Nasha" Abdul Aziz is a Malaysian model and an actress.; Muhammad Abdul Aziz — Muhammad Abdul Aziz is an American man who was convicted, and later exonerated, for the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X — a conviction that was overturned in....
Aziz does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Azizs in the wild.
20
UK babies named Aziz (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 313 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Aziz
Likely around 1 other Aziz in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Aziz
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Khaled Aziz Al-Thaker is a Saudi Arabian former footballer who played as a midfielder. He played for Saudi Arabian multi-sports club Al Hilal during the AFC Champions League in 2009-2011, and was called up to the squad at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Fatima Aziz was an Afghan physician and politician. In 2005, she was elected to the lower house of parliament as representative of Kunduz province in Afghanistan's first free parliamentary election in decades.
Muhammad Abdul Aziz is an American man who was convicted, and later exonerated, for the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X — a conviction that was overturned in November 2021, decades after he was paroled in 1985. Aziz maintained his innocence; and Mujahid Abdul Halim, who confessed to the murder, insisted that Aziz and Khalil Islam, another man who was convicted along with them, were innocent.
Tariq Aziz was an Iraqi politician and journalist who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq from 1979 to 2003 and Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1983 to 1991. He was a close advisor of President Saddam Hussein.
Mohammed Abdul Aziz is a Ghanaian politician who was the Member of Parliament for Mion constituency in the Northern Region of Ghana which he won in the 2016 Ghanaian parliamentary election.
Aziz (Arabic: عزيز, romanized: ʿAzīz; Hebrew: עָזִז, romanized: ʿAzīz; Akkadian: 𒀀𒍣𒍪, romanized: ʿEzīzū) is a Semitic name from the root two-zayin. In the Hebrew Bible, the root two-zayin (ז-ז) means 'reputable, powerful, sublime'.