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Caz

#7,766 in 2025Boys' name

Free man, through Carol

Caz has been given to 165 babies in the U.S. since 1989. In 2025 it ranked #7,766 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2019, with 15 recorded.

Babies named Caz, 2025

1 in 332,000

Caz over time, 1880–2025

Boys
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Caz: meaning, origin, and history

Free man, through Carol

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Caz means

Caz belongs to the name family reached through Caz → Carol → Carolus → Charles. Its meaning is “free man”.

Origin, language, and formation

Caz is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Carol, Carolus and Charles.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Caz is pronounced /kæz/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 165 boys were recorded with the name Caz between 1989 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 15 in 2019; its best national rank was #4,705 in 1990.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,607 in 2020 to #7,766 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #7,575 in 2015 to #7,766 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 Caz?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 332,000
10 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 171,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#7,766
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
229,791 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Caz 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 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Caz. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Cazs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Caz was born before 2014 — so the typical Caz is around 11 today.

Median birth year
2014
About 11 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
34.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
73.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
165
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 34.5% of all recorded uses (57).

Is Caz 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
−159
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−191
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
1.00×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
66.7%
Peak was 2019 (15)
Years since peak
6
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
39.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#4,705
1990

Caz around the world

Where Caz 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.

  • South Australia
    1997–2011
    #784
    in 2011

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Caz by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#7,766
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 159
Best rank ever
#4,705
1990
Peak year
2019
15 that year
First recorded
1989
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
165
Count in 2025
10

Names similar to Caz

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

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Sibling names for Caz

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

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