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“Emperor” — Latin, via Germanic origin
Boy's name · #836 in the US (2025) · 2020s
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. In Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama it runs 3–8× its national rate. 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.
Around the world: about 1 in 13,000 boys in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 16,000 boys in England & Wales (2025) · about 1 in 19,000 boys in Austria (2025).
Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 26 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
Among 24 notable people named Kaiser:
Sports figures appear 1.86× more often than among typical names — e.g. Kaiser Gates, basketball player.
Similar names: Kaizer · Waylen · Caysen · Reign · Cayson · Ledger
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