Kamazi
Masculine
Kamazi is given to both — 375 boys and 13 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Kamazi is a genuinely new name in the American record — it turned up on the charts only recently and has been climbing since, so its whole documented life so far belongs to small children. In the mouth it works in three clean beats, kuh-MAH-zee, with the Ka- opening that English speakers already know from Kamari and Kameron and a soft hum at the end.
How old is the name Kamazi?
Kamazi first appears in US birth records in 2020 — 5 years ago. Kamazi is overwhelmingly a brand-new baby name right now — most Kamazis are still in diapers. About 400 people named Kamazi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kamazi most popular?
Kamazi peaked in 2025, reaching #1021 nationally. Today it ranks #1021, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Kamazi
Some names arrive without paperwork. Nobody has settled where Kamazi came from, and the record it does have is short and recent — a name that shows up in birth certificates before it shows up in dictionaries. What is unmistakably there is the shape: a Ka- that begins Kamari, Kamau, Kamden and dozens more, a wide open middle syllable that takes the stress, and a -zi that closes on a buzz rather than a stop. Names built this way — a familiar beginning given an ending nobody has used yet — have been entering American birth records for generations, usually invented at a kitchen table and rarely explained to anyone outside the family. Kamazi is one of them, and it is still early enough that its story is being written by the children who have it.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No etymology has been established for Kamazi. What is documented is narrow but real: it appears in US birth records only in recent years, given to boys, and it is built from sound patterns shared with a large family of Ka- names. The Ka- opening occurs in names from several unrelated traditions, which makes it a poor guide to any single source.
Pronouncing Kamazi
kuh-MAH-zee
Stress falls on the middle syllable. Nothing is silent, and the z is a straightforward buzz. Some families place the stress at the front instead, KAH-mah-zee; with a name this new, whichever way the family says it is the way it is said.
Nicknames for Kamazi
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What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
- First recorded
- 2020
- Most boys named
- 2025219 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1021reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +92.1%219 in 2025, from 114
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Kamazi in other languages
Strongest US states over the last decade: Georgia, Florida, Texas.
Kamazis among us
people named Kamazi are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 7,799 born in 2025 was named Kamazi
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Kamazi
- #1021
- Kamazi on the 2025 chart
- #644
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Kamazi went to 219 boys in 2025, but Khamazi and Camazi are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 298, which makes it the 644th most-given boys’ name of the year — 377 places above the chart.
- Kamazi219
- Khamazi68
- Camazi11
About 1 boy in 5,732 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 7,799 for Kamazi itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Amador test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kamazi's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Amador climbed just as high around 1908, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Amador's path sketches the road Kamazi is walking now.
Kamazi is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Kamazi is headed
Kamazi is on a steep climb — if the curve holds, 2030 could see around 163% more babies given the name than today. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Kamazi beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Kamazi in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Reads phonetically — every letter is sounded, so most people get it right on a first attempt after hearing it once.
- Kam works immediately as a short form, and it is already familiar from the wider Ka- family of boys' names.
- Rare enough that a child is very unlikely to share it with a classmate, in school or later.
- Three syllables with clear vowels, so it carries well when called across a room.
- There is no established meaning to hand a child who asks. Some families answer that honestly and supply their own reason; others would rather have a documented one, and this name cannot give it.
- It sits close to Kamari and Kamasi in sound, so expect the z to be written as an s sometimes, and expect to repeat it on forms and at appointments.
- Because the name is so new, there are no grown bearers to show how it settles on an adult. Its parts are familiar ones, though, so it is unlikely to sound out of place on anyone.
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Frequently asked
- How many Kamazis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Kamazi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Kamazi?
- Kamazi is the most-used spelling in US records — 219 of the 298 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Khamazi and Camazi.
- How popular is the name Kamazi in 2025?
- Kamazi ranks #1021 among US boy names in 2025, with 219 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Kamazi?
- About 1 in every 7,799 US boys born in 2025 was named Kamazi — 219 in all.
- Will my child share the name Kamazi with classmates?
- Kamazi will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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