Kazuo

Where Kazuo comes from

The dictionaries list Kazuo as a given name — a male given name from Japanese — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Japanese
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1911
    First appearance
    #1,537 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1921
    Peak, #931
    57 babies named Kazuo — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1928
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,647.
  4. 1954
    Kazuo Ishiguro born
    British novelist
  5. 1960
    Kazuo Ozaki born
    Japanese association football player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Japanese.
Namesakes
  • Kazuo Ishiguro · British novelist, born 1954
  • Kazuo Ozaki · Japanese association football player, born 1960
  • Kazuo Saito · Japanese association football player and manager, born 1951
  • Kazuo Imanishi · Japanese association football player and manger, 1941–2026
  • Kazuo Echigo · Japanese association football player, born 1965

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.