Boys' name · since 2007
Kayser
28 babies named Kayser in U.S. Social Security records since 2007, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #26,401 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,421 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 28
- born since 2007
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kayser currently ranks #9421 among boys' names in America, with 28 babies recorded since 2007.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kayser has been recorded 28 times among boys since 2007, currently ranked #9421 nationally and more common than 32% 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 2007 to 2025.
- #26,401 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #9,421 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 28 born since 2007
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kayser ranks #26,401 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,421 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 28 born since 2007, peaking in the 2020s.
- #26,401 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #9,421 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 28
- born since 2007
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kayser's 28 recorded births place it above 41.62% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kayser compares
28 11th 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
Kayser's all-time total is 92% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kayser | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 28 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kayser's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kayser splits its recorded history at 2022: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2012 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kayser popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Kayser by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (13 births, 46% of the file).
2020s was Kayser's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Kayser births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
10 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 13 births (46% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kayser: 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, 2007–2025 (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 Kayser 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.