girls:
119 births since 1974
#5597 (2nd percentile)
boys:
520 births since 1990
#4066 (11th percentile)
overall:
639 births since 1974
#7100 (8th percentile)
The name Kessler is the #7,100 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 639 recorded births since 1974. This represents the 8.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,066 (11.3% percentile) for all time with 520 births since 1990. For girls, it ranks #5,597 (2.0% percentile) for all time with 119 births since 1974.
Kessler first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1974 (1974 for girls and 1990 for boys). Birth data for Kessler is available in 33 out of the 50 years between 1974 and 2023 (32 years for boys and 18 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 Kessler has been given predominantly to boys, with 81.4% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 81.1% of babies named Kessler were boys. Interestingly, until around 1990, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1974 to 1989), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (82.0% boys from 1990 to 2023).
For boys, Kessler reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 3.2% percentile (ranked #885) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 17 births per million (ranked 3.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kessler is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #886 (2.7% percentile) with 16 births per million.
For girls, Kessler reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #932) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 7 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Kessler ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 54.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kessler".
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