girls:
6 births since 1997
#5710 (0th percentile)
boys:
53 births since 1997
#4533 (1st percentile)
overall:
59 births since 1997
#7680 (1st percentile)
The name Kahler is the #7,680 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 59 recorded births since 1997. This represents the 0.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,533 (1.1% percentile) for all time with 53 births since 1997. For girls, it ranks #5,710 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 1997.
Kahler first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1997 . Birth data for Kahler is available in 8 out of the 22 years between 1997 and 2018 (8 years for boys and 1 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Kahler has been given predominantly to boys, with 89.8% of all recorded births being male. In 2018, 100.0% of babies named Kahler were boys. Interestingly, until around 2001, the name was more popular for girls (54.5% girls from 1997 to 2000), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 2001 to 2018).
For boys, Kahler reached its peak popularity in 2006, achieving the 0.5% percentile (ranked #871) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2006, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2018.
For girls, Kahler reached its peak popularity in 1997, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #862) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1997, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1997.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kahler".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Kahler. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 60.0% confident that Kahler is pronounced as KAY-ler, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAH-ler, at 32.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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