Kizer
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KY-zer
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Kizer is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “emperor”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Kizer mean?
Germanic: probably from the surname Kaiser, German for emperor
“emperor”
German Kaiser, like Russian tsar, comes from the Roman title Caesar.
Is Kizer a girl's or a boy's name?
Kizer is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kizer in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Kizer, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 24 boys. It first appears in the records in 1925.
2025 had fewer boys named Kizer than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Kizer in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 148 boys in the US were given Kizer or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,183, up from #9,710 for this spelling alone.
Kizer in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,222 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
Names like Kizer
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Karter, Adler, Archer, Wilder, Kaiser, Ledger, Baker, Wylder, Iker, Walker, Hendrix, Asher
Other spellings of Kizer
Names related to Kizer
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kizer: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kizer, updated 20 October 2026.