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Keilon

Gender
Boy
Say it
KEE-lun
Origin
Irish

Keilon is a boys' name of Irish origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Where does Keilon come from?

Irish: spelling of Keilan; probably a variant of Keelan or Kellan

Meaning borrowed from Keilan.

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

Keilon is a boys' name.

How popular is Keilon in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1982.

Half of all the boys named Keilon in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.

1982Busiest: 16 in 20062024
Keilon in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20248#8,982
20230–
20220–
20210–
20200–
20196#10,797
20180–
20176#10,770
20169#8,141
20159#8,035
20140–
20135#12,129
20120–
201113#6,250
20109#8,133
20097#9,859
20087#9,864
20078#8,909
200616#5,299
20058#8,292
200410#6,970
20039#7,238
20028#7,636
20018#7,529
200011#5,913
19995#9,905
199812#5,153
19978#6,612
19966#7,964
19957#6,985
19948#6,366
19935#8,693
19926#7,414
19915#8,228
19900–
19890–
19885#7,264
19870–
19860–
19850–
19840–
19830–
19827#5,001

Names like Keilon

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

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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, “Keilon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/keilon, updated 20 October 2026.