Boys' name · since 1979
Kylo
Kylo has 5,345 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,718 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #401 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,345
- born since 1979
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kylo is the #401 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 5,345 recorded since 1979.
Kylo has 5,345 recorded births among boys since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #401 as of the latest data, more common than 97% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #1,718 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #401 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 5,345 born since 1979
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kylo ranks #1,718 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #401 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 5,345 born since 1979, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,718 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #401 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,345
- born since 1979
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kylo's 5,345 recorded births place it above 96.22% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
45 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Kylo compares
5,345 Top 12% higher than 88% 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
Kylo's all-time total is 14x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kylo | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,345 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 870 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kylo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kylo splits its recorded history at 2018: 91% of all births land in the more recent half, 9% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1979 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 870 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kylo popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 870
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Kylo popularity over time - girls
86 total births recorded since 2016 (Kylo as girls' name)
Kylo by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (4,390 births, 82% of the file).
2020s was Kylo's strongest decade.
4,390 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 82% of all-time use.
Kylo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2010s 944
2010s
944 births
- 2020s
2020s
4,390 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 4,390 births (82% of all-time use).
How Kylo 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 Kylo's total volume
Kylo by state
Where Kylo concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 632 | 11.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 518 | 9.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 445 | 8.3% |
| #4 | New York | | 246 | 4.6% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 243 | 4.5% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 212 | 4.0% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 169 | 3.2% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 163 | 3.0% |
632 of 5,345 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 45 reporting states.
Kylo appears in 45 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Kylos (632 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kylo: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1979–2025 (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 Kylo 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.