Kalon
Boy · KAY-lon · Greek
Kalon is a boys' name of Greek origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Kalon mean?
Greek: Greek kalon 'the beautiful'; also a respelling of Kellan
In Greek philosophy to kalon means the beautiful or noble, an ideal discussed by Plato and Aristotle.
- Say it
- KAY-lon
Is Kalon a girl's or a boy's name?
Kalon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kalon in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kalon in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2002. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Kalon in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #1,749 |
| 1998 | 11 | #1,259 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,319 |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
How popular is Kalon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,706among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 48% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Kalon, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. Its busiest year was 1998, with 37 boys. It first appears in the records in 1959.
Half of all the boys named Kalon in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 436 boys in the US were given Kalon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #611, up from #4,706 for this spelling alone.
Kalon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 31 | #3,603 |
| 2023 | 28 | #3,880 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 28 | #3,810 |
| 2020 | 22 | #4,422 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 20 | #4,698 |
| 2013 | 28 | #3,659 |
| 2012 | 25 | #4,000 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 33 | #3,307 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 32 | #3,419 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 29 | #3,281 |
| 2003 | 22 | #3,833 |
| 2002 | 27 | #3,255 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 19 | #3,829 |
| 1998 | 37 | #2,346 |
| 1997 | 33 | #2,445 |
| 1996 | 34 | #2,327 |
| 1995 | 32 | #2,395 |
| 1994 | 31 | #2,439 |
| 1993 | 25 | #2,780 |
| 1992 | 21 | #3,099 |
| 1991 | 19 | #3,218 |
| 1990 | 27 | #2,483 |
| 1989 | 26 | #2,463 |
| 1988 | 22 | #2,594 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 18 | #2,708 |
| 1984 | 10 | #3,922 |
| 1983 | 16 | #2,786 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,429 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,443 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
Nicknames for Kalon
- Kal 6 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Kalon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden Ronan Kian Declan Finn Keegan Brody Aiden Conan Kody Kenan Keelan
Other spellings of Kalon
Kalen Caelan Kaylen Calen Keylan Kailen Kaylon Keylen Kaelan Kaylan Kailon
Names related to Kalon
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