Unisex name · since 2005
Kailor
143 babies named Kailor in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,072 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,928 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 143
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kailor is the #12928 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 143 recorded since 2005.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kailor has been recorded 143 times among boys since 2005, currently ranked #12928 nationally and more common than 7% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2005 to 2025.
- #15,072 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,928 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 143 born since 2005
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kailor ranks #15,072 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,928 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 143 born since 2005, peaking in the 2020s.
- #15,072 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,928 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 143
- born since 2005
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kailor's 143 recorded births place it above 66.8% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kailor compares
143 32nd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kailor's all-time total is 61% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kailor | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 143 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 25 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kailor's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kailor's full recorded timeline at 2021, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2025, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 25 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kailor popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Kailor popularity over time - girls
56 total births recorded since 2016 (Kailor as girls' name)
Kailor by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (78 births, 55% of the file).
2020s was Kailor's strongest decade.
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Kailor births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
- 2010s
2010s
58 births
- 2020s
2020s
78 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 78 births (55% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kailor: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~20 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2005–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kailor draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.