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Poyraz

#11,661 in 2025Boys' name

North

Poyraz has been given to 97 babies in the U.S. since 2012. In 2025 it ranked #11,661 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 11 recorded.

Babies named Poyraz, 2025

1 in 553,000

Poyraz over time, 1880–2025

Boys
05101518801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Poyraz: meaning, origin, and history

North

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Poyraz means

Poyraz means “north”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Poyraz is used in Turkish.

Another recorded pronunciation is /poj.ˈɾaz/ for Poyraz.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 97 boys were recorded with the name Poyraz between 2012 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2023; its best national rank was #7,622 in 2023.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #13,560 in 2020 to #11,661 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #8,549 in 2015 to #11,661 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.

How common is Poyraz?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 553,000
6 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 285,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#11,661
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
382,984 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Poyraz 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 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Poyraz. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Poyrazs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Poyraz was born before 2018 — so the typical Poyraz is around 7 today.

Median birth year
2018
About 7 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
59.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
97
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 59.8% of all recorded uses (58).

Is Poyraz 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
−2,010
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,899
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−3,112
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.67×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
54.5%
Peak was 2023 (11)
Years since peak
2
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
26.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#7,622
2023

Poyraz around the world

Where Poyraz 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
    2008–2024
    #2,444
    in 2024
  • France
    2008–2025
    #2,126
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2017–2023
    #2,436
    in 2023

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Poyraz by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#11,661
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,899
Best rank ever
#7,622
2023
Peak year
2023
11 that year
First recorded
2012
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
97
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Poyraz

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

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Sibling names for Poyraz

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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