Kahler — boys' name
53 babies named Kahler in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
51% of everyone ever named Kahler was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Kahler in 2006 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kahler
The Social Security Administration has registered 53 babies named Kahler between 1997 and 2018, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kahler currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 9 babies received it in a single year. Kahler is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 6 additional births since 1997.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kahler performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kahler shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kahler in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 53 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Kahler at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kahler popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1997
- Peak year (2006)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
53 total births across 22 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2006 with 9 births in a single year.
Kahler popularity over time — girls
6 total births recorded since 1997 (Kahler as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Kahler accounts for 10% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kahler by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 27 births that decade — 51% of Kahler's all-time total
Kahler decade highlights
- Peak decade 27 births
- Runner-up 21 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kahler's strongest decade
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1997–2018 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.