Kailon — #4956 US boys' name
284 babies named Kailon in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 65% of names given to boys today.
33% of everyone ever named Kailon was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Kailon in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kailon
The Social Security Administration has registered 284 babies named Kailon between 1991 and 2024, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kailon currently holds the #4956 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kailon performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 94 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kailon shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Kailon in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kailon in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 284 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Kailon at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kailon popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1991
- Peak year (2024)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
Currently ranks #4956 among boys.
284 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 20 births in a single year.
Kailon popularity over time — girls
7 total births recorded since 1995 (Kailon as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Kailon accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kailon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 94 births that decade — 33% of Kailon's all-time total
Kailon decade highlights
- Peak decade 94 births
- Runner-up 73 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kailon's strongest decade
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Kailon by state
Where Kailon concentrates geographically — total births since 1991
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 1.8% of nationwide
- Texas 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 1.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1991–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.