Baz
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BAZ
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #6,442 for boys
Baz is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
Where does Baz come from?
English: pet form of names such as Barry, Basil and Sebastian
More on Wiktionary.
Is Baz a girl's or a boy's name?
Baz is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Baz in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Baz, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 2018.
Half of all the boys named Baz in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Baz in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
Names like Baz
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayd Khaza Azir Zahir Saif Zamir Zayan Muhammadali Jahseh Musa Azai Zayaan
Names related to Baz
More English names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Baz: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/baz, updated 20 October 2026.