Boys' name · since 2009
Kypton
Kypton has 201 recorded births since 2009 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,925 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 201
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kypton sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 201 recorded since 2009.
Kypton has 201 recorded births among boys since 2009, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2022.
- #12,925 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 201 born since 2009
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kypton ranks #12,925 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 201 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,925 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 201
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Kypton's 201 recorded births place it above 71.55% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kypton's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kypton's SSA record in two at 2016 and the more recent half accounts for 32% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 68%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 2021, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2010 peak of 42, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kypton popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2022
- Peak year (2010)
- 42
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Kypton by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (160 births, 80% of the file).
2010s was Kypton's strongest decade.
160 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 80% of all-time use.
Kypton births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 18
2000s
18 births
- 2010s
2010s
160 births
- 2020s 23
2020s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 160 births (80% of all-time use).
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- Kypton's decade-level peak was the 2010s (160 total births); usage has since declined to 23 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 2009–2022 (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 Kypton 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.