Unisex name · since 1989
Kazi
Kazi has 547 recorded births since 1989 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,467 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,817 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 547
- born since 1989
- 2020s
- peak decade
547 babies have been named Kazi since 1989, making it today's #2817 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kazi has been recorded 547 times among boys since 1989, currently ranked #2817 nationally and more common than 80% 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 1989 to 2025.
- #7,467 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #2,817 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 547 born since 1989
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kazi ranks #7,467 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,817 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 547 born since 1989, peaking in the 2020s.
- #7,467 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #2,817 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 547
- born since 1989
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kazi's 547 recorded births place it above 83.57% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Kazi compares
547 Top 42% higher than 58% of 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
Kazi's all-time total is 48% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kazi | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 547 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 45 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kazi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kazi's SSA record in two at 2010 and the more recent half accounts for 72% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 28%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1989, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 45, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kazi popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 45
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Kazi popularity over time - girls
150 total births recorded since 1995 (Kazi as girls' name)
Kazi by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (240 births, 44% of the file).
2020s was Kazi's strongest decade.
240 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Kazi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 37
1990s
37 births
- 2000s
2000s
109 births
- 2010s
2010s
156 births
- 2020s
2020s
240 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 240 births (44% of all-time use).
How Kazi compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Kazi's total volume
Kazi by state
Where Kazi concentrates geographically, total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 124 | 22.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 8 | 1.5% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 6 | 1.1% |
| #4 | Louisiana | | 6 | 1.1% |
| #5 | Florida | | 5 | 0.9% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.9% |
124 of 547 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Kazi's data
- New York records the most Kazis (124 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kazi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1989–2025 (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 Kazi 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.