Boys' name · since 1975
Czar
Czar has 229 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,154 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,908 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 229
- born since 1975
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Czar is the #6908 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 229 recorded since 1975.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Czar has been recorded 229 times among boys since 1975, currently ranked #6908 nationally and more common than 50% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.
- #12,154 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #6,908 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 229 born since 1975
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Czar ranks #12,154 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,908 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 229 born since 1975, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,154 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #6,908 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 229
- born since 1975
- 2010s
- peak decade
Czar's 229 recorded births place it above 73.24% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Czar compares
229 40th 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
Czar's all-time total is 38% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Czar | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 229 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 34 | 22,252 |
Czar's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Czar splits its recorded history at 2013: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1975 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2022 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Czar popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Czar by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (94 births, 41% of the file).
2010s was Czar's strongest decade.
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Czar births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
44 births
- 2010s
2010s
94 births
- 2020s
2020s
81 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 94 births (41% of all-time use).
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- Czar's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (94 total births) through the 2020s (81) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
Keep exploring Czar
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Czar: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1975–2025 (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 Czar 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.