Boys' name · since 2020
Baaz
Since 2020, U.S. Social Security records show 81 babies named Baaz, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,774 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,201 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 81
- born since 2020
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Baaz is the #5201 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 81 recorded since 2020.
Social Security Administration records show Baaz recorded 81 times among boys since 2020, holding rank #5201 nationally today, ahead of 63% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2020 to 2025.
- #18,774 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #5,201 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 81 born since 2020
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Baaz ranks #18,774 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,201 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 81 born since 2020, peaking in the 2020s.
- #18,774 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #5,201 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 81
- born since 2020
- 2020s
- peak decade
Baaz's 81 recorded births place it above 58.57% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Baaz compares
81 23rd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Baaz's all-time total is 78% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Baaz | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 81 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 34 | 22,252 |
Baaz's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Baaz splits its recorded history at 2023: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2021 (7 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Baaz popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Baaz by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (81 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Baaz's strongest decade.
81 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Baaz births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
81 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 81 births (100% of all-time use).
Baaz by state
Where Baaz concentrates geographically, total births since 2020
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 29 | 35.8% |
29 of 81 births nationwide.
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- California records the most Baazs (29 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Baaz: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~5 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2020–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Baaz draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.