Kazuya
Kazuya is a masculine Japanese given name.
Meaning & Origin of Kazuya
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kazuya is a masculine Japanese given name.
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The Story of Kazuya
American parents first put Kazuya on the record books as a baby boy name in 1986, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1987, when 8 Kazuyas were born — ranking #4,967 that year. About 41% of every Kazuya on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Kazuya last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 59 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Notable people named Kazuya
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Kazuya Abe , Japanese mixed martial artist
- Kazuya Adachi ( 足立 和也 ; born 1990) , Japanese slalom canoeist
- Kazuya Deguchi ( 出口 一也 ; born 1966) , Japanese sport wrestler
- Kazuya Fujita (一也), Japanese professional baseball infielder
- Kazuya Fukuura (和也), Japanese professional baseball first baseman
- Kazuya Hatayama (和也), Japanese politician
- Kazuya Hiraide (和也), Japanese ski mountaineer and mountain climber
- Kazuya Ichijō (和矢), Japanese voice actor
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Names that sound like Kazuya
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About the name Kazuya
Kazuya is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1986 and has accumulated 59 births in the dataset. Kazuya's peak popularity came in 1987 when it ranked #4,967. Use the chart and map above to compare Kazuya'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.