Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kaiser

#2,066 most common boys' name of all time · #4,942 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1915–2025

Rank among boys
#2,066
Rank overall
#4,942 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
63 of 146
All-time
3,955
Since 2016
2,880
Peak year
2022 #750
Best rank
#750 2022
Girls Boys peak 350/yr
192019401960198020002020

Kaiser first appears in 1915. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 296 296 #835
2024 7 314 321 #801
2023 337 337 #766
2022 8 342 350 #750
2021 313 313 #786
2020 261 261 #866
2019 9 275 284 #821
2018 275 275 #817
2017 5 225 230 #930
2016 5 208 213 #982
2015 141 141 #1,274
2014 69 69 #2,050
2013 62 62 #2,148
2012 46 46 #2,645
2011 47 47 #2,602
2010 59 59 #2,218
2009 46 46 #2,670
2008 57 57 #2,306
2007 48 48 #2,568
2006 43 43 #2,705
2005 22 22 #4,080
2004 32 32 #3,091
2003 25 25 #3,546
2002 19 19 #4,206
2001 21 21 #3,863
2000 23 23 #3,556
1999 25 25 #3,207
1998 24 24 #3,219
1997 15 15 #4,289
1996 16 16 #4,060
1995 11 11 #5,193
1994 8 8 #6,467
1993 8 8 #6,319
1992 10 10 #5,303
1991 11 11 #4,834
1990 12 12 #4,467
1989 6 6 #7,104
1988 6 6 #6,580
1987 5 5 #7,158
1985 6 6 #5,912
1983 5 5 #6,449
1980 6 6 #5,695
1979 6 6 #5,522
1978 7 7 #4,689
1977 6 6 #5,304
1973 6 6 #4,671
1972 5 5 #5,195
1971 9 9 #3,481
1968 7 7 #3,494
1966 5 5 #4,184
1960 5 5 #4,280
1948 10 10 #2,564
1947 5 5 #4,012
1944 5 5 #3,696
1936 5 5 #3,852
1925 7 7 #3,622
1924 7 7 #3,738
1923 6 6 #4,063
1920 9 9 #3,157
1919 7 7 #3,639
1918 9 9 #3,061
1917 7 7 #3,437
1915 8 8 #3,057