Kaz
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #3,657 for boys
Kaz is a boys' name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,657th for boys in the US (30 babies).
What does Kaz mean?
Japanese
A male given name serving as a diminutive of various given names with the element Kazu- from Japanese
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Kaz a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaz is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 30 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaz in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,657among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 30about 1 in 57,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 30 boys in the US were named Kaz, making it the 3,657th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,885th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 52 boys. It first appears in the records in 1918.
2025 had fewer boys named Kaz than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Kaz in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kaz in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #3,657 |
| 2024 | 36 | #3,270 |
| 2023 | 52 | #2,540 |
| 2022 | 52 | #2,588 |
| 2021 | 37 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 41 | #2,885 |
| 2019 | 35 | #3,256 |
| 2018 | 21 | #4,606 |
| 2017 | 27 | #3,885 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 10 | #7,586 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 23 | #2,903 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 16 | #3,601 |
| 1989 | 24 | #2,609 |
| 1988 | 17 | #3,074 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 9 | #4,232 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,356 |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
Names like Kaz
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayd Musa Hamza Muhammad Zahir Zamir Amir Saif Ibrahim Khalil Jamir Abdullah
Names related to Kaz
More Japanese names
Kobe Kaizen Raiden Ren Akari Kenzo Ronin Kyomi Akira Yuna Emi Kiyomi Kairi Miya Kenji Reo
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, “Kaz: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaz, updated 20 October 2026.