Almaz
Almaz is a given name and a surname. Its cognates include Almas and Yılmaz. Notable people with the name include:
- Kazakh
- Kyrgyz
- Tatar
- Azerbaijani
Meaning & Origin of Almaz
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Almaz is a given name and a surname. Its cognates include Almas and Yılmaz. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Kazakh
- Kyrgyz
- Tatar
- Azerbaijani
- Amharic
- Tigrinya
The Story of Almaz
American parents first put Almaz on the record books as a baby girl name in 1999, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1999, when 5 Almazs were born — ranking #14,411 that year. Almaz last appeared in the published SSA data in 1999, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 5 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Almaz
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Almaz. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Almaz
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About the name Almaz
Almaz is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1999 and has accumulated 5 births in the dataset. Almaz's peak popularity came in 1999 when it ranked #14,411. Use the chart and map above to compare Almaz's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.