Baz

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A few things about Baz you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Baz

Baz Luhrmann

Australian writer, director, and producer (born 1962)

Choose Baz and your child shares a first name with Baz Luhrmann, an Australian writer, director, and producer. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Baz, like who?” Baz Luhrmann's Wikipedia article is available in 45 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 131,579 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Baz, 13 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Baz would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryBaz first shows up in US birth records in 2018, the first year at least 5 babies got it. That makes it a fairly new name, younger than many of today's parents.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2022, when it reached #5,633.
• ✨New on the sceneBaz wasn't given to enough babies to be counted in 2000. It only took off after 2018.
• 🍂TrendBaz has slipped 150 places over the last five years and now sits at #6,446. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 🌍OriginBaz is the #10 most popular Australian boy name in the US. That's out of 18 Australian boy and unisex names in our list.

About the name Baz

Baz is a boy name of Australian, English and Irish origin. It has 3 letters and 1 syllable, starting with B and ending in “-baz”. US birth records list Baz for boys from 2018 to 2025, in 8 of those 8 years. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked #5,633 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #6,446, with 13 babies.

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