girls:
66 births since 1942
#5650 (1st percentile)
boys:
283 births since 1985
#4303 (6th percentile)
overall:
349 births since 1942
#7390 (4th percentile)
The name Kayron is the #7,390 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 349 recorded births since 1942. This represents the 4.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,303 (6.1% percentile) for all time with 283 births since 1985. For girls, it ranks #5,650 (1.1% percentile) for all time with 66 births since 1942.
Kayron first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1942 (1942 for girls and 1985 for boys). Birth data for Kayron is available in 43 out of the 82 years between 1942 and 2023 (33 years for boys and 10 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 Kayron has been given predominantly to boys, with 81.1% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Kayron were boys. Interestingly, until around 1985, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1942 to 1984), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1985 to 2023).
For boys, Kayron reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #745) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kayron ranks #907 for boys (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 76.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Kayron reached its peak popularity in 1952, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #687) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1952, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1980.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kayron".
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