Kayzen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAY-zen
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #2,883 for boys
Kayzen is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,883rd for boys in the US (43 babies).
Where does Kayzen come from?
Modern: modern coinage, perhaps from Japanese kaizen 'improvement' or Kay plus -zen
Is Kayzen a girl's or a boy's name?
Kayzen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 43 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kayzen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,883among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 43about 1 in 40,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 186% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 43 boys in the US were named Kayzen, making it the 2,883rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. It first appears in the records in 2011.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Kayzen of any year since it first appeared, in 2011.
Half of all the boys named Kayzen in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kayzen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #2,883 |
| 2024 | 32 | #3,522 |
| 2023 | 28 | #3,880 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
Names like Kayzen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaizen Kairo Tru Chozen Zuko Kota Kenzo Kashton Kasai Yug Loki Rumi
Names related to Kayzen
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Kayzen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kayzen, updated 20 October 2026.