Kailon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAY-len
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Kailon is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Kailon mean?
Modern: spelling of Kailen, itself a variant of Kaylen
A modern variant of names like Kaylen and Kalen; it may also be an anglicised spelling of Irish Caolán.
Meaning borrowed from Kailen.
Is Kailon a girl's or a boy's name?
Kailon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kailon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,140among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Kailon, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the boys named Kailon in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 436 boys in the US were given Kailon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #611, up from #6,140 for this spelling alone.
Kailon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 14 | #6,099 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
Names like Kailon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden Keegan Deacon Brayden Cannon Finnegan Declan Aiden Kian Braylen Rayden Finn
Other spellings of Kailon
Kalen Caelan Kaylen Calen Keylan Kailen Kaylon Kalon Keylen Kaelan Kaylan
Names related to Kailon
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kailon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kailon, updated 20 October 2026.