Boys' name · since 2022
Kaier
Since 2022, U.S. Social Security records show 26 babies named Kaier, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,968 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,529 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 26
- born since 2022
- 2020s
- peak decade
26 babies have been named Kaier since 2022, making it today's #13529 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaier has been recorded 26 times among boys since 2022, currently ranked #13529 nationally and more common than 3% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2022 to 2025.
- #26,968 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #13,529 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 26 born since 2022
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaier ranks #26,968 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,529 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 26 born since 2022, peaking in the 2020s.
- #26,968 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #13,529 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 26
- born since 2022
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kaier's 26 recorded births place it above 40.35% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kaier compares
26 10th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kaier's all-time total is 93% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kaier | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 26 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kaier's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kaier's SSA record in two at 2024 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2022, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kaier popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Kaier by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (26 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Kaier's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Kaier births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 26 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kaier: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2022–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kaier draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.