Boys' name · since 1992
Kyer
Kyer has 17 recorded births since 1992 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #30,257 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 17
- born since 1992
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kyer sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 17 recorded since 1992.
Kyer has 17 recorded births among boys since 1992, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2017.
- #30,257 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 17 born since 1992
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kyer ranks #30,257 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 1992, peaking in the 2010s.
- #30,257 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 17
- born since 1992
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kyer's 17 recorded births place it above 32.96% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kyer's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kyer splits its recorded history at 2015: 71% of all births land in the more recent half, 29% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1992 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2015 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kyer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2017
- Peak year (2015)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Kyer by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (12 births, 71% of the file).
2010s was Kyer's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 71% of all-time use.
Kyer births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 12 births (71% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kyer: 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, 1992–2017 (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 Kyer 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.