Kaiser — #797 US boys' name
3,620 babies named Kaiser in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 94% of names given to boys today.
43% of everyone ever named Kaiser was born in this single decade.
341 babies were named Kaiser in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kaiser
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,620 babies named Kaiser between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kaiser currently holds the #797 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 341 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaiser performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 1,562 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Kaiser shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 292 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Kaiser in 35 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kaiser 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 3,620 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.
Kaiser at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Kaiser popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1915
- Peak year (2022)
- 341
- Annual births at peak — across 110 years of records
Currently ranks #797 among boys.
3,620 total births across 110 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 341 births in a single year.
Kaiser popularity over time — girls
34 total births recorded since 2016 (Kaiser as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Kaiser accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kaiser by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 1,562 births that decade — 43% of Kaiser's all-time total
Kaiser decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,562 births
- Runner-up 1,407 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Kaiser's strongest decade
1,562 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Kaiser by state
Where Kaiser concentrates geographically — total births since 1915
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 292 | 8.1% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 152 | 4.2% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 143 | 4.0% |
| #4 | Louisiana | | 140 | 3.9% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 118 | 3.3% |
| #6 | New York | | 103 | 2.8% |
| #7 | Alabama | | 100 | 2.8% |
| #8 | South Carolina | | 99 | 2.7% |
292 of 3,620 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 35 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 8.1% of nationwide
- Georgia 4.2% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.0% of nationwide
- Louisiana 3.9% of nationwide
- North Carolina 3.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 35 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 8.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kaiser appears in 35 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1915–2024 (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.