Boys' name · since 1983
Kaler
Since 1983, U.S. Social Security records show 53 babies named Kaler, peaking in 1998. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,772 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 53
- born since 1983
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kaler sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 53 recorded since 1983.
Kaler has 53 recorded births among boys since 1983, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1983 to 2016.
- #21,772 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 53 born since 1983
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaler ranks #21,772 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 53 born since 1983, peaking in the 1990s.
- #21,772 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 53
- born since 1983
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kaler's 53 recorded births place it above 51.98% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kaler's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kaler splits its recorded history at 1998: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1988 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1998 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kaler popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–2016
- Peak year (1998)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Kaler by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (19 births, 36% of the file).
1990s was Kaler's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Kaler births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
19 births
- 2000s
2000s
18 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 19 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Kaler's decade-level peak was the 1990s (19 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kaler: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~33 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, 1983–2016 (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 Kaler 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.