Xylon
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ZY-lon
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Xylon is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “wood”. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Xylon mean?
Greek: from Greek xylon
“wood”
From the Greek word for wood or timber, the root of xylophone.
Is Xylon a girl's or a boy's name?
Xylon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Xylon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,859th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 110% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Xylon, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 25 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the boys named Xylon in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 154 boys in the US were given Xylon or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,151, up from #5,859 for this spelling alone.
Xylon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,216 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
Names like Xylon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Deacon, Kayden, Cannon, Raiden, Callan, Ronan, Kashton, Declan, Kayson, Aiden, Kyson, Sutton
Other spellings of Xylon
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, Sophia, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe
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, “Xylon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/xylon, updated 20 October 2026.