Kaiser Boy
How popular is Kaiser?
#835 boy name in 2025
296 baby boys were named Kaiser in the US in 2025, making it the 835th most popular boy name.
Kaiser popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #835 for boys (▼ 35 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 296 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+110% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,271 in 2015, #866 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (342 boys) |
| Highest rank | #749 in 2022 |
| First recorded | 1915 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 99% boys, 1% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kaiser counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kaiser family of names ranked #544 for boys in 2025 (#521 the year before), with 526 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kaiser | 296 | 56% |
| Kaizer | 150 | 29% |
| Kasir | 49 | 9% |
| Kazir | 9 | 2% |
| Caizer | 8 | 2% |
| Kaizir | 6 | 1% |
| Kayser | 8 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kaiser is most popular
Babies named Kaiser per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 1.5 per 1,000 (86 boys)
- Louisiana: 1.1 per 1,000 (110 boys)
- Alabama: 0.7 per 1,000 (80 boys)
- South Carolina: 0.7 per 1,000 (70 boys)
- Arkansas: 0.5 per 1,000 (34 boys)
Kaiser by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 31 | #2,828 |
| 1920s | 29 | #2,966 |
| 1930s | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1940s | 20 | #2,442 |
| 1960s | 17 | #3,364 |
| 1970s | 39 | #3,368 |
| 1980s | 34 | #5,523 |
| 1990s | 140 | #3,178 |
| 2000s | 336 | #2,290 |
| 2010s | 1,407 | #817 |
| 2020s | 1,863 | #749 |
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Questions
- Is Kaiser a boy or girl name?
- Kaiser is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 99% of babies named Kaiser were boys.
- How popular is the name Kaiser?
- 296 baby boys were named Kaiser in the US in 2025, making it the 835th most popular boy name.
- When was Kaiser most popular?
- Kaiser peaked in 2022, when 342 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #749 in 2022.
- How many people are named Kaiser?
- 3,955 babies have been named Kaiser in the US since 1880. We estimate about 3,851 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 7.
- Where is Kaiser most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kaiser was most common in Mississippi, at 1.5 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.