Kailor
- Gender
- Mostly boys
- Say it
- KAY-lor
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Kailor is a name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
Where does Kailor come from?
Modern: Kai with the ending of Taylor, like Kaylor
Is Kailor a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Kailor has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US.
How popular is Kailor in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Kailor, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 2005.
2025 had fewer boys named Kailor than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Kailor in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 216 boys in the US were given Kailor or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #945, up from #12,003 for this spelling alone.
Kailor in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 25 | #4,114 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 20 | #4,735 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
Nicknames for Kailor
- Kai 816 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Kailor
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kyaire, Kayden, Kylo, Koda, Kashton, Kyrie, Kayson, Kylan, Kenai, Cassian, Braylen, Rayden
Other spellings of Kailor
Names related to Kailor
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, “Kailor: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kailor, updated 20 October 2026.