Baz

#6,492 in 2025Boys' name

Diminutive of Barry

Baz has been given to 98 babies in the U.S. since 2018. In 2025 it ranked #6,492 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 16 recorded.

Babies named Baz, 2025

1 in 255,000

Baz over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Baz: meaning, origin, and history

Diminutive of Barry

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Baz means

Baz is a diminutive of Barry.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Baz → Barry. The family’s meaning is “white + head”, recorded in English with the source elements fionn and barr.

Origin, language, and formation

Baz is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Barry and Basil.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 98 boys were recorded with the name Baz between 2018 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 16 in 2022; its best national rank was #5,660 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,337 in 2020 to #6,492 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Baz?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 255,000; 13 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 131,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #6,492; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 176,762 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Baz sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 176,762 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Baz. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Bazs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Baz was born before 2022 — so the typical Baz is around 3 today.

Median birth year: 2022; About 3 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 77.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 98; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 77.6% of all recorded uses (76).

Is Baz rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +16; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: −155; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 81.3%; Peak was 2022 (16)
Years since peak: 3; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 26.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,660; 2022

Baz around the world

Where Baz ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2020–2025
#5,137
in 2025
Canada
2020–2023
#2,436
in 2023

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Baz by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #6,492
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 155
Best rank ever: #5,660; 2022
Peak year: 2022; 16 that year
First recorded: 2018
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 98
Count in 2025: 13

Names similar to Baz

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Bazil Baze Bazel Shahbaz Arbaz Shabaz Gurbaz

Sibling names for Baz

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Karleigh Rhianna Adelle Keren Kendyl Anabel Hayleigh

For a brother

Kale Hamilton Aaden Evans Caesar Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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