Boys' name · since 1959
Kalon
1,056 babies named Kalon in U.S. Social Security records since 1959, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,957 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,738 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,056
- born since 1959
- 1990s
- peak decade
1,056 babies have been named Kalon since 1959, making it today's #4738 boys' name.
Kalon has 1,056 recorded births among boys since 1959, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4738 as of the latest data, more common than 66% of boys, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1959 to 2025.
- #4,957 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #4,738 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 1,056 born since 1959
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kalon ranks #4,957 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,738 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 1,056 born since 1959, peaking in the 1990s.
- #4,957 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #4,738 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,056
- born since 1959
- 1990s
- peak decade
Kalon's 1,056 recorded births place it above 89.09% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Kalon compares
1,056 Top 31% higher than 69% of 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
Kalon's all-time total is 186% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kalon | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,056 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 37 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kalon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kalon's full recorded timeline at 1997, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1959, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1998 peak of 37 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kalon popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–2025
- Peak year (1998)
- 37
- Annual births at peak, across 67 years of records
Kalon popularity over time - girls
23 total births recorded since 1995 (Kalon as girls' name)
Kalon by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (278 births, 26% of the file).
1990s was Kalon's strongest decade.
278 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Kalon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1970s 57
1970s
57 births
- 1980s
1980s
142 births
- 1990s
1990s
278 births
- 2000s
2000s
220 births
- 2010s
2010s
195 births
- 2020s
2020s
149 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 278 births (26% of all-time use).
How Kalon compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Kalon's total volume
Kalon by state
Where Kalon concentrates geographically, total births since 1959
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 63 | 6.0% |
| #2 | California | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.5% |
63 of 1,056 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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What to do with Kalon's data
- Kalon's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (278 total births) through the 2020s (149) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Kalons (63 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kalon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~66 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, 1959–2025 (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 Kalon 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.