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Kohler

Boy · KOH-ler · Germanic

Kohler is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “charcoal burner”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

What does Kohler mean?

Germanic: German surname Köhler

“charcoal burner”

From the German occupational surname Köhler, given to a charcoal burner.

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KOH-ler

Is Kohler a girl's or a boy's name?

Kohler is a boys' name.

How popular is Kohler in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1994.

Half of all the boys named Kohler in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.

1994Busiest: 11 in 20102024
Kohler in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20247#9,888
20236#10,815
20225#12,322
20218#8,820
20208#8,734
20190–
20187#9,664
20170–
20167#9,659
20150–
20140–
20136#10,722
20127#9,703
20110–
201011#7,081
20098#8,980
20088#9,013
200710#7,586
20065#12,048
20056#10,144
20040–
20039#7,238
20020–
20015#10,548
20000–
19990–
19985#9,623
19975#9,259
19960–
19955#8,861
19945#8,794

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