Kaylum — boys' name
158 babies named Kaylum in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
158 boys have been named Kaylum since 1997, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2025.
- 158
- total births
- 1997–2025
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 49%
- born in that decade
49% of everyone ever named Kaylum was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Kaylum in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kaylum
The Social Security Administration has registered 158 babies named Kaylum between 1997 and 2025, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kaylum currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kaylum performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 78 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kaylum shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kaylum 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 158 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.
Kaylum at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kaylum popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–1997
- Peak year (2022)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2025.
158 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 13 births in a single year.
Kaylum by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 78 births that decade — 49% of Kaylum's all-time total
Kaylum decade highlights
- Peak decade 78 births
- Runner-up 42 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kaylum's strongest decade
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
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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, 1997–2025 (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.