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.

Kiser

#16,874 most common boys' name of all time · #44,079 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1917–2022

Rank among boys
#16,874
Rank overall
#44,079 of 105,966
First appeared
1917
Years on the list
13 of 146
All-time
80
Since 2016
33
Peak year
2021 #8,921
Best rank
#3,204 1917
Girls Boys peak 8/yr
192019401960198020002020

Kiser first appears in 1917. 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
2022 — 5 5 #12,498
2021 — 8 8 #8,921
2019 — 7 7 #9,875
2017 — 7 7 #9,793
2016 — 6 6 #10,885
2014 — 5 5 #12,283
2012 — 5 5 #12,434
1999 — 5 5 #10,111
1929 — 5 5 #4,361
1920 — 6 6 #4,150
1919 — 5 5 #4,563
1918 — 8 8 #3,338
1917 — 8 8 #3,204