Boys' name · since 2004
Kaisen
Kaisen has 2,625 recorded births since 2004 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,781 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #803 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,625
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
2,625 babies have been named Kaisen since 2004, making it today's #803 boys' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaisen has been recorded 2,625 times among boys since 2004, currently ranked #803 nationally and more common than 94% 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 2004 to 2025.
- #2,781 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #803 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 2,625 born since 2004
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaisen ranks #2,781 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #803 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 2,625 born since 2004, peaking in the 2020s.
- #2,781 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #803 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,625
- born since 2004
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kaisen's 2,625 recorded births place it above 93.88% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
30 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Kaisen compares
2,625 Top 19% higher than 81% of 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
Kaisen's all-time total is 7x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kaisen | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,625 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 311 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kaisen's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kaisen's full recorded timeline at 2015, 84% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 16% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2004, with just 10 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 311 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kaisen popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 311
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Kaisen popularity over time - girls
12 total births recorded since 2014 (Kaisen as girls' name)
Kaisen by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,473 births, 56% of the file).
2020s was Kaisen's strongest decade.
1,473 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Kaisen births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 129
2000s
129 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,023 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,473 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,473 births (56% of all-time use).
How Kaisen compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Kaisen's total volume
Kaisen by state
Where Kaisen concentrates geographically, total births since 2004
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 284 | 10.8% |
| #2 | Florida | | 142 | 5.4% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 114 | 4.3% |
| #4 | Mississippi | | 108 | 4.1% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 106 | 4.0% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 96 | 3.7% |
| #7 | Alabama | | 85 | 3.2% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 82 | 3.1% |
284 of 2,625 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 30 reporting states.
Kaisen appears in 30 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Kaisens (284 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kaisen: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~21 yrs)
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, 2004–2025 (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 Kaisen 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.