Kaylon — #4925 US boys' name
1,325 babies named Kaylon in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1996. 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.
30% of everyone ever named Kaylon was born in this single decade.
51 babies were named Kaylon in 1996 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kaylon
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,325 babies named Kaylon between 1972 and 2024, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kaylon currently holds the #4925 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1996, when 51 babies received it in a single year. Kaylon is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 674 additional births since 1961.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaylon performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 393 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kaylon shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 169 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Arkansas. In total, SSA state-level files list Kaylon in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kaylon 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 1,325 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.
Kaylon at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Kaylon popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1972
- Peak year (1996)
- 51
- Annual births at peak — across 53 years of records
Currently ranks #4925 among boys.
1,325 total births across 53 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1996 with 51 births in a single year.
Kaylon popularity over time — girls
674 total births recorded since 1961 (Kaylon as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Kaylon accounts for 34% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kaylon by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 393 births that decade — 30% of Kaylon's all-time total
Kaylon decade highlights
- Peak decade 393 births
- Runner-up 336 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Kaylon's strongest decade
393 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Kaylon by state
Where Kaylon concentrates geographically — total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 169 | 12.8% |
| #2 | Louisiana | | 72 | 5.4% |
| #3 | Arkansas | | 42 | 3.2% |
| #4 | California | | 16 | 1.2% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 15 | 1.1% |
| #6 | Tennessee | | 13 | 1.0% |
| #7 | Florida | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #8 | New York | | 5 | 0.4% |
169 of 1,325 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 12.8% of nationwide
- Louisiana 5.4% of nationwide
- Arkansas 3.2% of nationwide
- California 1.2% of nationwide
- Georgia 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 12.8% 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, 1972–2024 (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.