Kaz

Where Kaz comes from

The dictionaries list Kaz as a given name — a male given name serving as a diminutive of various given names with the element Kazu- from Japanese — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

Along the way
  1. 1918
    First appearance
    #4,179 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2023
    Peak, #2,541
    52 babies named Kaz — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name serving as a diminutive of various given names with the element Kazu- from Japanese
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Kaz hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.