#5062024 rank
2024peak year
2,009babies named Kaizen since 1880
▲ +643%5-year trend
Kaizen popularity over 145 years
💎 Rare find · roughly undefined% girls / NaN% boys in 2024
What does Kaizen mean?
From Japanese kai, 'change,' and zen, 'good,' the philosophy of continuous improvement, adopted in America as a given name.
OriginJapanese
Syllables2
Genderboy
Stylemodern, modern
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