Kaizen — #506 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Kaizen

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,138 babies named Kaizen between 2004 and 2024, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kaizen currently holds the #506 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 602 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaizen performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 1,607 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kaizen shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 213 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Hawaii. In total, SSA state-level files list Kaizen in 37 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kaizen 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 2,138 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.