Kylo

What Kylo means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Kylo yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #3,231 in 2015, #400 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Kylo?

US: Rising: up from #3231 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #2150 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2024, when 870 boys got the name (#374 that year). First in the US records in 1979.

How common

• About 1 in 2,143 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,971 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,182 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MT (2.13 per 1,000 boys), SD (2.08 per 1,000 boys), MS (1.11 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Kylo is #400 in the US and #321 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 98.9% of US babies named Kylo were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kailo79 US · 8 E&W
• Kali24 US
• Kalo19 US
• Kaylo14 US · 3 E&W
• Kyloh15 US
• Kaelo10 US
• Kilo8 US
• Galo8 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Kylo

Boys

• Theodore#4Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #99 in 2015, #4 in 2025
• Beau#60Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #203 in 2015, #60 in 2025
• Leon#138“lion”^*
• Calvin#132“bald”^*
• Lorenzo#117Editor’s note Up from #216 in 2015 to #117 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 560 US boys in the 2025 records
• Harvey#251“iron + blazing”^*

For a sister

• Kehlani#148Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #148 vs #894 in 2025
• Margot#102Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #592 in 2015, #102 in 2025
• Rosie#283Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #775 in 2015, #283 in 2025
• Wrenley#158Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #158 vs #1,454 in 2025
• Rosemary#251“dew of the sea”^*
• Oaklynn#153Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #153 vs #4,867 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Kylo’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.