Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kaizen

#2,407 most common boys' name of all time · #5,803 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 2004–2025

Rank among boys
#2,407
Rank overall
#5,803 of 105,966
First appeared
2004
Years on the list
22 of 146
All-time
3,070
Since 2016
2,812
Peak year
2025 #364
Best rank
#364 2025
Girls Boys peak 900/yr
2020

Kaizen first appears in 2004. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 5 895 900 #364
2024 9 608 617 #503
2023 5 487 492 #588
2022 257 257 #904
2021 158 158 #1,224
2020 7 103 110 #1,590
2019 5 81 86 #1,866
2018 78 78 #1,918
2017 63 63 #2,168
2016 51 51 #2,515
2015 56 56 #2,353
2014 42 42 #2,843
2013 34 34 #3,261
2012 26 26 #3,999
2011 19 19 #4,971
2010 15 15 #6,012
2009 18 18 #5,324
2008 18 18 #5,242
2007 11 11 #7,559
2006 5 5 #13,554
2005 8 8 #9,074
2004 6 6 #11,269