girls:
674 births since 1961
#5042 (12th percentile)
boys:
1.3k births since 1972
#3310 (28th percentile)
overall:
2k births since 1961
#5791 (25th percentile)
The name Kaylon is the #5,791 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,979 recorded births since 1961. This represents the 25.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 25.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,310 (27.8% percentile) for all time with 1,305 births since 1972. For girls, it ranks #5,042 (11.8% percentile) for all time with 674 births since 1961.
Kaylon first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1961 (1961 for girls and 1972 for boys). Birth data for Kaylon is available in 52 out of the 63 years between 1961 and 2023 (49 years for boys and 42 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Kaylon has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (65.9% of all recorded births). In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Kaylon were boys. Interestingly, until around 1972, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1961 to 1971), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (66.6% boys from 1972 to 2023).
For boys, Kaylon reached its peak popularity in 1996, achieving the 5.9% percentile (ranked #732) with 25 births per million. The name was most common in 1996, with 25 births per million (ranked 5.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kaylon ranks #889 for boys (2.4% percentile) with 15 births per million, which is 57.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Kaylon reached its peak popularity in 1997, achieving the 3.6% percentile (ranked #832) with 19 births per million. The name was most common in 1997, with 19 births per million (ranked 3.6% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kaylon".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Kaylon. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 88.9% confident that Kaylon is pronounced as KAY-luhn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAY-lawn, at 11.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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