Mazi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- MAH-zee
- Origin
- Igbo
- US rank, 2025
- #1,241 for boys
Mazi is a boys' name of Igbo origin, meaning “sir; mister”. In 2025 it ranked 1,241st for boys in the US (161 babies).
What does Mazi mean?
Igbo: Igbo honorific; also a short form of other names
“sir; mister”
In Igbo, Mazi is a respectful title for a man, similar to Mister or Sir.
Is Mazi a girl's or a boy's name?
Mazi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 girls and 161 boys in the US.
How popular is Mazi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,241st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 161 about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 146% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 161 boys in the US were named Mazi, making it the 1,241st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,539th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 198 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977. 15 girls were also named Mazi in 2025 (7,131st for girls).
Half of all the boys named Mazi in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 195 boys in the US were given Mazi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,008, up from #1,241 for this spelling alone.
- Mazi 161
- Mahzi 34
Mazi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 161 | #1,241 |
| 2024 | 167 | #1,211 |
| 2023 | 198 | #1,084 |
| 2022 | 152 | #1,269 |
| 2021 | 117 | #1,514 |
| 2020 | 107 | #1,539 |
| 2019 | 56 | #2,393 |
| 2018 | 51 | #2,506 |
| 2017 | 27 | #3,885 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 6 | #5,121 |
Names like Mazi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Musa, Azai, Khaza, Muhammadali, Zahir, Zamir, Zayan, Zayd, Azaiah, Muhammad, Hamza, Ahmir
Other spellings of Mazi
Names related to Mazi
More Igbo names
Amara, Munachimso, Chimamanda, Jidenna, Kamsiyochukwu, Chizaram, Amarachi, Tobechukwu, Obi, Adanna, Adaeze, Chidera, Chidubem, Ifechukwu, Chisom, Tobenna
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, “Mazi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mazi, updated 20 October 2026.