Kaylon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAY-lon
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #4,395 for boys
Kaylon is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
Where does Kaylon come from?
Modern: modern name, perhaps a variant of Kalen or Kaelan
Is Kaylon a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaylon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaylon in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Kaylon in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kaylon in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
How popular is Kaylon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,395among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Kaylon, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,568th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 51 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the boys named Kaylon in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 436 boys in the US were given Kaylon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #611, up from #4,395 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 31% of the babies named Kaylon in the US in 1986, and 15% in 2022.
Kaylon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,886 |
| 2023 | 27 | #3,999 |
| 2022 | 29 | #3,772 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,007 |
| 2020 | 30 | #3,568 |
| 2019 | 30 | #3,633 |
| 2018 | 30 | #3,603 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 27 | #3,881 |
| 2014 | 27 | #3,784 |
| 2013 | 34 | #3,187 |
| 2012 | 40 | #2,903 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,219 |
| 2010 | 32 | #3,376 |
| 2009 | 32 | #3,397 |
| 2008 | 34 | #3,284 |
| 2007 | 24 | #4,125 |
| 2006 | 26 | #3,780 |
| 2005 | 34 | #3,018 |
| 2004 | 35 | #2,883 |
| 2003 | 39 | #2,575 |
| 2002 | 35 | #2,681 |
| 2001 | 37 | #2,557 |
| 2000 | 40 | #2,375 |
| 1999 | 39 | #2,297 |
| 1998 | 44 | #2,091 |
| 1997 | 50 | #1,856 |
| 1996 | 51 | #1,781 |
| 1995 | 49 | #1,777 |
| 1994 | 38 | #2,118 |
| 1993 | 36 | #2,157 |
| 1992 | 31 | #2,357 |
| 1991 | 25 | #2,677 |
| 1990 | 30 | #2,303 |
| 1989 | 23 | #2,684 |
| 1988 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1987 | 17 | #2,938 |
| 1986 | 27 | #2,094 |
| 1985 | 16 | #2,939 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
Nicknames for Kaylon
- Kay 3 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Kaylon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kayden Brody Finn Kian Aiden Logan Ronan Rowan Keegan Caelan Kody Jayden
Other spellings of Kaylon
Kalen Caelan Kaylen Calen Keylan Kailen Kalon Keylen Kaelan Kaylan Kailon
Names related to Kaylon
More Modern names
Ailany Myla Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn Ailani
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, “Kaylon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaylon, updated 20 October 2026.