Kaze
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAH-zeh
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Kaze is a boys' name of Japanese origin, meaning “wind”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Kaze mean?
Japanese
“wind”
Is Kaze a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaze is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaze in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 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, 9 boys in the US were named Kaze, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 2013.
Half of all the boys named Kaze in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kaze in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
Names like Kaze
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaizen Kenzo Kairo Kasai Kyaire Chozen Khaza Kobe Zyaire Sakai Akari Ambrose
Names related to Kaze
More Japanese names
Raiden Ren Ronin Kyomi Akira Yuna Emi Kiyomi Kairi Miya Kenji Reo Jiraiya Aizen Sora Nami
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, “Kaze: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaze, updated 20 October 2026.