girls:
135 births since 1987
#5581 (2nd percentile)
boys:
205 births since 2000
#4381 (4th percentile)
overall:
340 births since 1987
#7399 (4th percentile)
The name Kayler is the #7,399 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 340 recorded births since 1987. This represents the 4.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,381 (4.4% percentile) for all time with 205 births since 2000. For girls, it ranks #5,581 (2.3% percentile) for all time with 135 births since 1987.
Kayler first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1987 (1987 for girls and 2000 for boys). Birth data for Kayler is available in 28 out of the 37 years between 1987 and 2023 (19 years for girls and 18 years for boys). 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 Kayler has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (60.3% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Kayler were boys. Interestingly, until around 2011, the name was more popular for girls (73.0% girls from 1987 to 2010), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (79.9% boys from 2011 to 2023).
For boys, Kayler reached its peak popularity in 2011, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #865) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kayler ranks #906 for boys (0.5% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 51.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Kayler reached its peak popularity in 2016, achieving the 0.6% percentile (ranked #951) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2016, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2021.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kayler".
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