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Kairon

Gender
Boy
Say it
KY-ron
Origin
Modern
UK rank, 2025
#2,511 for boys
US rank, 2025
#5,606 for boys

Kairon is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).

Where does Kairon come from?

Modern: modern name, perhaps a blend of Kairo and Kieran

Is Kairon a girl's or a boy's name?

Kairon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Kairon in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,511among boys
Babies in 2025
9about 1 in 33,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 27% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Kairon, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd. Its busiest year was 2010, with 40 boys.

2025 had more boys named Kairon than any year since 2020.

Half of all the boys named Kairon in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 15 boys in the UK were given Kairon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,523, up from #2,511 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.

1998Busiest: 40 in 20102025
Kairon in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20259#2,511
20246#3,335
20237#2,965
20228#2,678
20216#3,179
202012#1,923
20199#2,399
20189#2,388
201713#1,922
201612#2,007
201519#1,416
201416#1,573
201315#1,636
201215#1,692
201122#1,252
201040#817
200925#1,115
20089#2,212
20077#2,554
20067#2,386
20058#2,090
20046#2,399
20038#1,880
200211#1,384
20014#2,714
20003#3,146
19990–
19984#2,531

How popular is Kairon in the US?

Rank in 2025
#5,606among boys
Babies in 2025
16about 1 in 110,000 boys
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Kairon, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2011, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1995.

2025 had more boys named Kairon than any year since 2017.

Half of all the boys named Kairon in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 129 boys in the US were given Kairon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,281, up from #5,606 for this spelling alone.

1995Busiest: 16 in 20112025
Kairon in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202516#5,606
20247#9,888
202312#6,892
20228#8,983
202115#5,771
202013#6,292
201914#6,099
201814#6,032
201716#5,522
20168#8,811
201510#7,486
201413#6,303
201315#5,655
20129#8,152
201116#5,429
201013#6,353
200911#7,231
20087#9,864
20075#12,361
20068#8,726
20059#7,633
200414#5,487
200311#6,251
200212#5,718
20019#6,928
20008#7,409
19995#9,905
19987#7,553
19970–
19968#6,489
19956#7,785

Names like Kairon

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Kairon

Names related to Kairon

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Kairon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kairon, updated 20 October 2026.