Kazu — boys' name
10 babies named Kazu in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
10 boys have been named Kazu since 2008, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2021.
- 10
- total births
- 2008–2021
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
50% of everyone ever named Kazu was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Kazu in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kazu
The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Kazu between 2008 and 2021, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kazu currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 5 babies received it in a single year. Kazu is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1916.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kazu performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 5 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Kazu shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kazu 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 10 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.
Kazu at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kazu popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2008
- Peak year (2008)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
10 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 5 births in a single year.
Kazu popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 1916 (Kazu as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Kazu accounts for 33% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kazu by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 5 births that decade — 50% of Kazu's all-time total
Kazu decade highlights
- Peak decade 5 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kazu's strongest decade
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% 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, 2008–2021 (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.