Kylo
Kylo was the 402nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 797 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 374th with 870 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,875 places. More babies were named Kylo in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Meaning Origin not documented
Say it KY-loh /ˈkaɪloʊ/
- Rank in 2025
- #402 boys, up 47 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 797boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2024870 babies
- Total since 1880
- 5,431babies recorded
What does the name Kylo mean?
Kylo is a modern American boy's name associated with Kylo Ren, the villain of the Star Wars films from The Force Awakens (2015). SSA data show only a handful of earlier uses and a sharp rise after 2015. The character's name was invented for the film; no meaning is documented for it, so none is given here. It also resembles Kyle and Milo.
How sure is this? Not documented. Invented film name with no documented meaning.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Kylo', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (usage history only), US Social Security Administration
Kylo popularity since 1880
A few girls are given the name too: 86 since 2016, 9 in 2025.
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #402 | 797 |
| 2020 | #449 | 662 |
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How popular is Kylo, counting every spelling?
Kylo is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #398 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #402 for Kylo on its own. Together these spellings went to 820 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kylo | 797 | #402 | 3,728 |
| Kyloh | 15 | #6,020 | 55 |
| Kilo | 8 | #9,349 | 47 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Kylo?
797 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kylo (0.22 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Kylo born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 11 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kylo.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kylo?
About 5,300 people born in the US named Kylo are alive today, with a median age of 4; half are between 2 and 6. That makes Kylo a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Kylo by state
How common Kylo was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Hawaii (3.3×), Nevada (2.5×), Florida (1.6×), Pennsylvania (1.5×). It is least common, relative to the national rate, in Nebraska, West Virginia, Maine.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Kylo: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kylo, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Kylo · Sibling names for Kylo
Questions about the name Kylo
How popular is the name Kylo?
Kylo was the 402nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 797 babies. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked 374th with 870 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,875 places. More babies were named Kylo in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Kylo a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Kylo in the US.
Where is Kylo most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kylo was most common in Hawaii (1.42 per 1,000 boys), followed by Nevada and Florida.