Kylo — #373 US boys' name
4,546 babies named Kylo in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 97% of names given to boys today.
79% of everyone ever named Kylo was born in this single decade.
869 babies were named Kylo in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kylo
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,546 babies named Kylo between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kylo currently holds the #373 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 869 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kylo performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 3,591 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Kylo shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 554 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Kylo in 43 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kylo 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 4,546 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.
Kylo at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Kylo popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1979
- Peak year (2024)
- 869
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
Currently ranks #373 among boys.
4,546 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 869 births in a single year.
Kylo popularity over time — girls
77 total births recorded since 2016 (Kylo as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Kylo accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kylo by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 3,591 births that decade — 79% of Kylo's all-time total
Kylo decade highlights
- Peak decade 3,591 births
- Runner-up 944 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Kylo's strongest decade
3,591 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 79% of all-time use.
Kylo by state
Where Kylo concentrates geographically — total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 554 | 12.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 446 | 9.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 366 | 8.1% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 213 | 4.7% |
| #5 | New York | | 207 | 4.6% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 178 | 3.9% |
| #7 | Arizona | | 143 | 3.1% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 142 | 3.1% |
554 of 4,546 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 43 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 12.2% of nationwide
- Texas 9.8% of nationwide
- Florida 8.1% of nationwide
- Ohio 4.7% of nationwide
- New York 4.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 43 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 12.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kylo appears in 43 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1979–2024 (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.