Kaiser

What Kaiser means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Kaiser yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Up from #1,271 in 2015 to #835 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Kaiser?

US: Rising: up from #1271 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1074 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2023, when 337 boys got the name (#765 that year). First in the US records in 1915.

How common

• About 1 in 5,771 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 15,996 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MS (1.29 per 1,000 boys), AL (1.07 per 1,000 boys), LA (0.94 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Kaiser is #835 in the US and #1538 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Kaiser were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kaizer150 US · 13 E&W
• Kasir49 US
• Kyser19 US
• Kaizeir8 US
• Caizer8 US
• Kayser8 US
• Kizer7 US
• Kaizir6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Kaiser

Boys

• Maverick#49Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #184 in 2015, #49 in 2025
• Adriel#84“flock of God”^*
• Matias#170From Biblical Hebrew, meaning “gift of Yahweh”^*
• Ezra#20Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #93 in 2015, #20 in 2025. Short and simple: 4 letters
• Arlo#148Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #15 vs #148 in 2025
• Hayes#162“brushwood”^*

For a sister

• Nova#46“new”^*
• Remi#145Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #502 in 2015, #145 in 2025
• Adaline#208Form of Adela, meaning “noble”^*
• Freya#176“mistress, lady”^*
• Magnolia#124Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #634 in 2015, #124 in 2025
• Aurora#15Italian, from Latin Aurōra, meaning “dawn, sunrise”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Kaiser’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.