Kazuo
Kazuo is a masculine Japanese given name.
Meaning & Origin of Kazuo
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kazuo is a masculine Japanese given name.
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The Story of Kazuo
Kazuo first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1911, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1921, when 57 Kazuos were born — ranking #931 that year. As of 2026, Kazuo ranks #9,864 for baby boys with 7 births, with steady use. In total, more than 757 Kazuos have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Kazuo
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Kazuo Abe ( 阿部 一男 ; born 1935) , Japanese sport wrestler
- Kazuo Aichi ( 愛知 和男 ; 1937–2024) , Japanese politician
- Kazuo Aoki ( 青木 一男 ; 1889–1982) , Japanese government minister during the Second Sino-Japanese War , and into World War II
- Kazuo Azuma ( 東 和男 ; born 1955) , Japanese shogi player
- Kazuo Chiba ( 千葉 和雄 ; 1940–2015) , Japanese aikido teacher
- Kazuo Dan ( 檀 一雄 ; 1912–1976) , Japanese novelist and poet
- Kazuo Endo, Kobe earthquake survivor
- Fukumoto Kazuo ( 福本 和夫 ; 1894–1983) , Japanese Marxist
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About the name Kazuo
Kazuo is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1911 and has accumulated 757 births in the dataset. Kazuo's peak popularity came in 1921 when it ranked #931. Use the chart and map above to compare Kazuo'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.