Boys' name · since 2008

Kaylo

Since 2008, U.S. Social Security records show 42 babies named Kaylo, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#23,372 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#6,375 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
42
born since 2008
2020s
peak decade

Kaylo currently ranks #6375 among boys' names in America, with 42 babies recorded since 2008.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaylo has been recorded 42 times among boys since 2008, currently ranked #6375 nationally and more common than 54% 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 2008 to 2025.

  • #23,372 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #6,375 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 42 born since 2008
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaylo ranks #23,372 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,375 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 42 born since 2008, peaking in the 2020s.

#23,372 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#6,375 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
42
born since 2008
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%54.2%
Kaylo vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Kaylo's 42 recorded births place it above 48.41% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Kaylo compares

42 15th 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

Kaylo's all-time total is 89% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Kaylo Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 42 369 358,536
Peak-year births 14 34 22,252

Kaylo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Kaylo splits its recorded history at 2021: 76% of all births land in the more recent half, 24% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2008 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Kaylo popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2025)
14
Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
46810121416 20082016202120242025 14

Kaylo by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (32 births, 76% of the file).

2020s was Kaylo's strongest decade.

32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.

Kaylo births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 32 births (76% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kaylo?
Kaylo has been given to 42 babies in the U.S. since 2008, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #23,372 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Among boys in 2025, it is #6,375 of 13,930. 14 babies were born in 2025, its single highest year.
Where does Kaylo sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaylo ranks #23,372 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,375 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Kaylo most popular?
Kaylo was most popular in the 2020s decade with 32 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
How long has the name Kaylo been used?
Records for Kaylo go back to 2008, giving 18 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Kaylo?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kayden, Kayson, Kaysen, Kay, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Kaylo: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2008–2025 (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 Kaylo 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.