Boys' name · since 2013
Kaze
Since 2013, U.S. Social Security records show 90 babies named Kaze, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,089 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,769 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 90
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kaze currently ranks #8769 among boys' names in America, with 90 babies recorded since 2013.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaze has been recorded 90 times among boys since 2013, currently ranked #8769 nationally and more common than 37% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2013 to 2025.
- #18,089 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,769 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 90 born since 2013
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaze ranks #18,089 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,769 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 90 born since 2013, peaking in the 2020s.
- #18,089 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,769 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 90
- born since 2013
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kaze's 90 recorded births place it above 60.14% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kaze compares
90 24th 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
Kaze's all-time total is 76% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kaze | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 90 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kaze's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kaze's SSA record in two at 2021 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2018, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kaze popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Kaze by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (64 births, 71% of the file).
2020s was Kaze's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Kaze births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
26 births
- 2020s
2020s
64 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 64 births (71% of all-time use).
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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, 2013–2025 (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 Kaze 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.