Kaiser

Meaning: Emperor
Origin: From Latin, via Germanic

Boy's name · #836 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

Popularity over time

Kaiser is near its high-water mark: it reached #749 in 2022 and still ranked #836 in 2025. About 3,900 boys have carried it since 1915.

Across the states

In recent years, Kaiser ran 3–8× its national rate in Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 26 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Kaiser ranks in other countries and regions.

#1,447 in Sweden (2025) · #1,544 in Austria (2025) · #1,577 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,761 in Canada (2024).

Famous Kaisers

Kaiser Matanzima — South African politician (1915–2003)
Kaiser Kalambo — Zambian footballer (1953–2014)
Kaiser Gates — American basketball player (born 1996)
Kaiser Haq — Poet and writer
Kaiser Kuo — American musician

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Kaizer (#1301), Kaiser would rank around #627 with about 450 births last year — the newborns split about 66/34 between Kaiser and Kaizer.

Similar names: Kaizer · Waylen · Caysen · Huxley · Cayson · Ledger

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