Spellings
Kaiser or Kaizer?
In the US in 2025, 53% of babies in this name family were spelled Kaiser and 27% Kaizer. Same name, slightly different impression: here are the figures for each spelling.
Ten years ago
Kaiser already led in 2015, with 49% of the family's births; it has 53% in 2025. All spellings together, the family went from 290 to 563 births (+94%).
| Spelling | 2015 | 2025 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kaiser | 141 | 296 | ×2 |
| Kaizer | 49 | 150 | ×3 |
| Kyzer | 100 | 117 | +17% |
How they sound
All of these spellings are said the same way: /ˈkaɪzər/ (KYE-zer). So the choice is about how it looks: it is the spelling people will read on a birth card, a name tag or an email address, and the one your child will sometimes spell out.
In France
In France in 2025: Kaiser 5 births. The other spellings are not given there often enough to be counted.
Sources: Social Security Administration (SSA), Insee (France), 2025 data. How we calculate these figures.
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