Names/K

Kaylon

boys’ name · 66%girls’ name · 34%SteadyCompare

Kaylon is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 20 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
200.00% of boys
Peak year
199651 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1972
1,999people given the name
Babies named Kaylon, by year of birthboysgirls
025507510018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

1,325 boys have been named Kaylon in the United States since 1972, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1996, with 51 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2002, and the 1990s alone account for 30%.

Kaylon is used for both sexes: 34% of its bearers are girls (674), most of them born around 2000.

By decade

Decadeboys named Kaylon
1970s35
1980s151
1990s393
2000s336
2010s278
2020s132

In 1996, its biggest year

Kaylon was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1996 were Michael, Matthew, Jacob, Christopher and Joshua. See all of 1996.

Names that rose and fell with Kaylon

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.