Czar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZAR
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Czar is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “emperor”. In 2025 it ranked 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Czar mean?
Latin: variant spelling of tsar, from Latin Caesar
“emperor”
Tsar, the title of Russia's emperors, comes via Old Church Slavonic from the Roman name Caesar.
Is Czar a girl's or a boy's name?
Czar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Czar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,799among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 140,000 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, 12 boys in the US were named Czar, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 2022, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the boys named Czar in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Czar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 17 | #5,231 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
Names like Czar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ares Thiago Cedar Luca Crew Sawyer Cruz Zayd Callum Xander Aziel Zayn
Names related to Czar
More Latin names
Oliver Olivia Leo Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Emilia Max Nova Lucy Julian
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, “Czar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/czar, updated 20 October 2026.