Kylo
- #10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births
- #400 for boys in 2025, 797 births
- Given to boys 98.4% of the time
- Around 2015: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (film)
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2024 · 870 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,345since 1979
Kylo over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kylo has never cracked the top 300 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,107 | 9 | #400 | 797 |
| 2024 | #7,967 | 13 | #374 | 870 |
| 2023 | #6,922 | 16 | #406 | 788 |
| 2022 | #7,281 | 15 | #433 | 715 |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 | #526 | 558 |
| 2020 | #8,406 | 12 | #449 | 662 |
| 2019 | — | #922 | 237 | |
| 2018 | #15,682 | 5 | #862 | 254 |
| 2017 | — | #1,149 | 165 | |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 | #904 | 238 |
| 2015 | — | #3,231 | 35 | |
| 2014 | — | #8,781 | 8 | |
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| 2012 | — | #9,709 | 7 | |
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First appearance
1979
The first year at least five boys were named Kylo! It came in at #6,056, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1979–1993, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Kylo is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Montana#159 · 1 in 471
- South Dakota#171 · 1 in 480
- Nevada#243 · 1 in 941
- Mississippi#259 · 1 in 903
- Florida#265 · 1 in 1,209
Best ever in a state: #103 in Hawaii, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montana | #159 | 8 | 1 in 471 |
| South Dakota | #171 | 8 | 1 in 480 |
| Nevada | #243 | 12 | 1 in 941 |
| Mississippi | #259 | 12 | 1 in 903 |
| Florida | #265 | 79 | 1 in 1,209 |
| Louisiana | #278 | 18 | 1 in 1,063 |
| Maryland | #300 | 18 | 1 in 1,272 |
| Alabama | #301 | 18 | 1 in 1,195 |
| Georgia | #302 | 41 | 1 in 1,225 |
| South Carolina | #327 | 16 | 1 in 1,325 |
| Oklahoma | #328 | 14 | 1 in 1,263 |
| Pennsylvania | #332 | 33 | 1 in 1,584 |
| New Mexico | #360 | 5 | 1 in 1,300 |
| Ohio | #363 | 30 | 1 in 1,751 |
| Nebraska | #377 | 6 | 1 in 1,470 |
| Arizona | #392 | 19 | 1 in 1,722 |
| Colorado | #398 | 15 | 1 in 1,790 |
| Oregon | #398 | 9 | 1 in 1,673 |
| Tennessee | #398 | 20 | 1 in 1,838 |
| Virginia | #408 | 19 | 1 in 1,961 |
| Indiana | #412 | 17 | 1 in 1,863 |
| North Carolina | #416 | 26 | 1 in 1,980 |
| California | #417 | 78 | 1 in 2,250 |
| Kentucky | #422 | 11 | 1 in 1,867 |
| New York | #434 | 39 | 1 in 2,165 |
| Idaho | #435 | 5 | 1 in 1,726 |
| Wisconsin | #437 | 11 | 1 in 2,130 |
| Connecticut | #440 | 6 | 1 in 2,201 |
| New Jersey | #452 | 17 | 1 in 2,339 |
| Texas | #461 | 72 | 1 in 2,431 |
| Massachusetts | #467 | 10 | 1 in 2,702 |
| Minnesota | #477 | 11 | 1 in 2,227 |
| Missouri | #489 | 12 | 1 in 2,318 |
| Iowa | #493 | 6 | 1 in 2,305 |
| Illinois | #568 | 16 | 1 in 3,097 |
| Kansas | #590 | 5 | 1 in 2,809 |
| Michigan | #601 | 13 | 1 in 3,092 |
| Washington | #684 | 9 | 1 in 3,644 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Kylo
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 26 spots since 2024 (#374 → #400)
- 49 spots since 2020 (#449 → #400)
- Biggest jump: 2,327 spots in 2016
- Biggest drop: 245 spots in 2017
Rise & fade · boys
45 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1979
- Peaked 2024 at #374 (870 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 2018–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,980
- Highest: 1 in 1,980 boys born in 2024 were named Kylo (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,143 boys born in 2025 (0.05%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 82.1% of all boys named Kylo (4,390) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 | #6,056 (1979) | #6,056 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 6 | #7,770 (1994) | #7,770 |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 944 | #862 (2018) | #3,651 |
| 2020s | 4,390 | #374 (2024) | #431 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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