Baz — #6768 US boys' name
85 babies named Baz in U.S. Social Security records since 2018, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 52% of names given to boys today.
74% of everyone ever named Baz was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Baz in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Baz
The Social Security Administration has registered 85 babies named Baz between 2018 and 2024, spanning 7 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Baz currently holds the #6768 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Baz performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 63 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Baz shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Baz in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 85 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Baz at a glance
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Current rank
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Baz popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2018
- Peak year (2022)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 7 years of records
Currently ranks #6768 among boys.
85 total births across 7 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 16 births in a single year.
Baz by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 63 births that decade — 74% of Baz's all-time total
Baz decade highlights
- Peak decade 63 births
- Runner-up 22 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Baz's strongest decade
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 74% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2018–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.