girls:
64 births since 2016
#5652 (1st percentile)
boys:
3.7k births since 1979
#2048 (55th percentile)
overall:
3.7k births since 1979
#4494 (42nd percentile)
The name Kylo is the #4,494 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,733 recorded births since 1979. This represents the 41.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 41.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,048 (55.3% percentile) for all time with 3,669 births since 1979. For girls, it ranks #5,652 (1.1% percentile) for all time with 64 births since 2016.
Kylo first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1979 (1979 for boys and 2016 for girls). Birth data for Kylo is available in 13 out of the 45 years between 1979 and 2023 (13 years for boys and 6 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 Kylo has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 98.3% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Kylo reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 58.9% percentile (ranked #375) with 429 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 429 births per million (ranked 58.9% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kylo is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #375 (58.9% percentile) with 429 births per million.
For girls, Kylo reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #936) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for girls has remained relatively stable. Currently, Kylo is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #936 (1.2% percentile) with 9 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kylo".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Kylo is pronounced as KAI-loh, which has 2 syllables.
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