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Kazimierz

Boys' name

To destroy + peace

Kazimierz has been given to 82 babies in the U.S. since 1914. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1915, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Kazimierz, 2024

1 in 557,000

Kazimierz over time, 1880–2025

Boys
02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kazimierz: meaning, origin, and history

To destroy + peace

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kazimierz means

Kazimierz means “to destroy + peace”, associated with kaziti and mirъ.

Origin, language, and formation

Kazimierz is used in Polish.

Kazimierz comes through Proto-Slavic *Kaziměrъ, *Kazimirъ.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Casimir.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Polish, Kazimierz is pronounced /kaˈʑi.mjɛʂ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 82 boys were recorded with the name Kazimierz between 1914 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1915; its best national rank was #2,727 in 1915.

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 Kazimierz?

Kazimierz had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2024, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2024
1 in 557,000
6 of 3,342,801 births
Among boys only
1 in 287,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2024
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
386,177 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Kazimierz 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 2024 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 386,177 children born in 2024 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kazimierz. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kazimierzs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kazimierz was born before 1921 — so the typical Kazimierz is around 104 today.

Median birth year
1921
About 104 years old
Biggest decade
1910s
40.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
40.2%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
38
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1910s — 40.2% of all recorded uses (33).

Is Kazimierz 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
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1915 (9)
Years since peak
110
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
18.4% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,727
1915

Kazimierz around the world

Where Kazimierz 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
    2007–2025
    #4,275
    in 2025
  • France
    1924–1931
    #1,066
    in 1931
  • Norway
    1880–1980
    #558
    in 1980
  • South Australia
    1951–1983
    #443
    in 1983

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Norway and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. SSB, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Kazimierz by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#2,727
1915
Peak year
1915
9 that year
First recorded
1914
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
82
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Kazimierz

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

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Sibling names for Kazimierz

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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