Kaiser
- Last seen for girls in 2024 at #12,161
- #835 for boys in 2025, 296 births
- Given to boys 99.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2022 · 342 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,921since 1915
Kaiser over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kaiser has never cracked the top 700 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #835 | 296 | |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 | #800 | 314 |
| 2023 | — | #765 | 337 | |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 | #749 | 342 |
| 2021 | — | #786 | 313 | |
| 2020 | — | #866 | 261 | |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 | #820 | 275 |
| 2018 | — | #817 | 275 | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #929 | 225 |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 | #980 | 208 |
| 2015 | — | #1,271 | 141 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,044 | 69 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,139 | 62 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,632 | 46 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,590 | 47 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,212 | 59 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,663 | 46 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,291 | 57 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,564 | 48 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,698 | 43 | |
| 2005 | — | #4,062 | 22 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,074 | 32 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,528 | 25 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,188 | 19 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,842 | 21 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,536 | 23 | |
| 1999 | — | #3,182 | 25 | |
| 1998 | — | #3,191 | 24 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,246 | 15 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,022 | 16 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,124 | 11 | |
| 1994 | — | #6,372 | 8 | |
| 1993 | — | #6,228 | 8 | |
| 1992 | — | #5,236 | 10 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,760 | 11 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,407 | 12 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,941 | 6 | |
| 1988 | — | #6,426 | 6 | |
| 1987 | — | #6,951 | 5 | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | #5,785 | 6 | |
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| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
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| 1980 | — | #5,525 | 6 | |
| 1979 | — | #5,355 | 6 | |
| 1978 | — | #4,554 | 7 | |
| 1977 | — | #5,123 | 6 | |
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| 1973 | — | #4,505 | 6 | |
| 1972 | — | #4,986 | 5 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,370 | 9 | |
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| 1968 | — | #3,365 | 7 | |
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| 1966 | — | #3,948 | 5 | |
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| 1960 | — | #4,038 | 5 | |
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| 1948 | — | #2,443 | 10 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,733 | 5 | |
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| 1944 | — | #3,430 | 5 | |
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| 1936 | — | #3,549 | 5 | |
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| 1925 | — | #3,408 | 7 | |
| 1924 | — | #3,505 | 7 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,822 | 6 | |
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| 1920 | — | #2,967 | 9 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,391 | 7 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,882 | 9 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,217 | 7 | |
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| 1915 | — | #2,829 | 8 | |
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First appearance
1915
The first year at least five boys were named Kaiser! It came in at #2,829, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1916, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Kaiser is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Mississippi#215 · 1 in 774
- Alabama#238 · 1 in 936
- Louisiana#278 · 1 in 1,063
- Georgia#464 · 1 in 2,184
- Kentucky#526 · 1 in 2,567
Best ever in a state: #153 in Mississippi, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #215 | 14 | 1 in 774 |
| Alabama | #238 | 23 | 1 in 936 |
| Louisiana | #278 | 18 | 1 in 1,063 |
| Georgia | #464 | 23 | 1 in 2,184 |
| Kentucky | #526 | 8 | 1 in 2,567 |
| Iowa | #571 | 5 | 1 in 2,766 |
| North Carolina | #591 | 16 | 1 in 3,217 |
| Tennessee | #592 | 12 | 1 in 3,064 |
| Missouri | #597 | 9 | 1 in 3,090 |
| Michigan | #601 | 13 | 1 in 3,092 |
| Oklahoma | #621 | 6 | 1 in 2,947 |
| Ohio | #627 | 15 | 1 in 3,502 |
| Virginia | #670 | 10 | 1 in 3,725 |
| Maryland | #702 | 6 | 1 in 3,816 |
| Massachusetts | #789 | 5 | 1 in 5,404 |
| Texas | #809 | 33 | 1 in 5,305 |
| Florida | #912 | 15 | 1 in 6,369 |
| Illinois | #1,133 | 6 | 1 in 8,259 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 35 spots since 2024 (#800 → #835)
- 31 spots since 2020 (#866 → #835)
- Biggest jump: 291 spots in 2016
- Biggest drop: 46 spots in 2020
Rise & fade · boys
107 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 2022 at #749 (342 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 10 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 2016–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,076
- Highest: 1 in 5,076 boys born in 2023 were named Kaiser (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,771 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #749 in 2022, was only 1 in 5,105 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 47.5% of all boys named Kaiser (1,863) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 31 | #2,829 (1915) | #3,080 |
| 1920s | 29 | #2,967 (1920) | #3,426 |
| 1930s | 5 | #3,549 (1936) | #3,549 |
| 1940s | 20 | #2,443 (1948) | #3,202 |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 17 | #3,365 (1968) | #3,784 |
| 1970s | 39 | #3,370 (1971) | #4,649 |
| 1980s | 34 | #5,525 (1980) | #6,311 |
| 1990s | 140 | #3,182 (1999) | #4,677 |
| 2000s | 336 | #2,291 (2008) | #3,245 |
| 2010s | 1,407 | #817 (2018) | #1,643 |
| 2020s | 1,863 | #749 (2022) | #800 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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