Caz — boys' name
155 babies named Caz in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
37% of everyone ever named Caz was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Caz in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Caz
The Social Security Administration has registered 155 babies named Caz between 1989 and 2023, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Caz currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Caz performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 57 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Caz shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Caz 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 155 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.
Caz at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Caz popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1989
- Peak year (2019)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
155 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 15 births in a single year.
Caz by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 57 births that decade — 37% of Caz's all-time total
Caz decade highlights
- Peak decade 57 births
- Runner-up 38 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Caz's strongest decade
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% 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, 1989–2023 (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.