Raizo
Raizō, Raizo or Raizou is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Raizo Ichikawa, Japanese film and kabuki actor Raizo Matsuno , Japanese politician Raizō Tanaka, admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II Morita Raizō , Japanese photographer
Meaning & Origin of Raizo
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Raizō, Raizo or Raizou is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include:Raizo Ichikawa, Japanese film and kabuki actor Raizo Matsuno , Japanese politician Raizō Tanaka, admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II Morita Raizō , Japanese photographer
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The Story of Raizo
The earliest SSA record of Raizo as a baby boy name dates back to 2010, when 9 babies received it. 2011 was its biggest year on record, with 14 newborns named Raizo — #5,945 in the national rankings. About 79% of every Raizo on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Raizo last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 63 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
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About the name Raizo
Raizo is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2010 and has accumulated 63 births in the dataset. Raizo's peak popularity came in 2011 when it ranked #5,945. Use the chart and map above to compare Raizo'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 .
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