Kessler*
#6,043 most common boys' name of all time · #15,028 across all names · 83% male / 17% female · used 1974–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among boys
#6,043
Rank overall
#15,028 of 105,966
First appeared
1974
Years on the list
35 of 146
All-time
687
Since 2016
301
Peak year
2017 #3,347
Best rank
#3,347 2017
Girls
Boys
peak 40/yr
Kessler first appears in 1974. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 31 | 31 | #3,615 |
| 2024 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,512 |
| 2023 | 7 | 30 | 37 | #3,756 |
| 2022 | 6 | 27 | 33 | #4,029 |
| 2021 | 6 | 29 | 35 | #3,778 |
| 2020 | 13 | 26 | 39 | #3,957 |
| 2019 | 9 | 17 | 26 | #5,413 |
| 2018 | — | 21 | 21 | #4,653 |
| 2017 | 6 | 34 | 40 | #3,347 |
| 2016 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,529 |
| 2015 | 7 | 23 | 30 | #4,341 |
| 2014 | — | 26 | 26 | #3,943 |
| 2013 | 9 | 22 | 31 | #4,367 |
| 2012 | 7 | 16 | 23 | #5,572 |
| 2011 | 5 | 21 | 26 | #4,563 |
| 2010 | 6 | 13 | 19 | #6,477 |
| 2009 | 7 | 10 | 17 | #7,894 |
| 2008 | 5 | 15 | 20 | #5,882 |
| 2007 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,291 |
| 2006 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,986 |
| 2005 | 5 | 14 | 19 | #5,689 |
| 2004 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,204 |
| 2003 | 6 | 12 | 18 | #6,025 |
| 2002 | — | 17 | 17 | #4,586 |
| 2001 | 5 | 18 | 23 | #4,385 |
| 2000 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,044 |
| 1999 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,085 |
| 1998 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,310 |
| 1997 | 5 | 12 | 17 | #5,115 |
| 1996 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,514 |
| 1995 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,317 |
| 1993 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,101 |
| 1991 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,713 |
| 1990 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,740 |
| 1974 | 5 | — | 5 | — |