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Kylon

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Kylon is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 47 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
470.00% of boys
Peak year
201657 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1974
1,384people given the name
Babies named Kylon, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,384 boys have been named Kylon in the United States since 1974, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2016, with 57 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2010, and the 2010s alone account for 35%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Kylon
1970s12
1980s27
1990s188
2000s459
2010s479
2020s219

In 2016, its biggest year

Kylon was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2016 were Noah, Liam, William, Mason and James. See all of 2016.

Names that rose and fell with Kylon

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.