Kylo
Boy · KY-loh · Modern
Kylo is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 334th for boys in the UK (147 babies) and 400th for boys in the US (797 babies).
What does Kylo mean?
Modern: invented for the Star Wars films
Coined for Kylo Ren, the villain of the Star Wars sequel trilogy, introduced in The Force Awakens (2015).
- Say it
- KY-loh
More on Wiktionary.
Is Kylo a girl's or a boy's name?
Kylo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 147 boys in the UK and 9 girls and 797 boys in the US.
How popular is Kylo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #334among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 147about 1 in 2,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 147 boys in the UK were named Kylo, making it the 334th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 266th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 199 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Kylo than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Kylo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2020 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 321st in England and Wales and 367th in Scotland.
Kylo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 147 | #334 |
| 2024 | 175 | #293 |
| 2023 | 158 | #317 |
| 2022 | 184 | #284 |
| 2021 | 170 | #313 |
| 2020 | 199 | #266 |
| 2019 | 73 | #571 |
| 2018 | 89 | #499 |
| 2017 | 72 | #586 |
| 2016 | 58 | #677 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
How popular is Kylo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #400among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 797about 1 in 2,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 113% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 797 boys in the US were named Kylo, making it the 400th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 449th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 870 boys. It first appears in the records in 1979. 9 girls were also named Kylo in 2025 (10,104th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Kylo in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 849 boys in the US were given Kylo or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #390, up from #400 for this spelling alone.
Kylo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 797 | #400 |
| 2024 | 870 | #374 |
| 2023 | 788 | #406 |
| 2022 | 715 | #433 |
| 2021 | 558 | #526 |
| 2020 | 662 | #449 |
| 2019 | 237 | #922 |
| 2018 | 254 | #862 |
| 2017 | 165 | #1,149 |
| 2016 | 238 | #904 |
| 2015 | 35 | #3,230 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
Names like Kylo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Kylo
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