Given name

Kailon

Kailon is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Kailon isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Kailon through the years

Babies since 1880
306
299 boys · 7 girls
Most popular year
2024
21 babies
2025
14
#6,273 for boys
2021–25 vs 2016–20
+51%
Rising fast
Boys Girls
05101520002025Highest share 2024Boys 8.2Girls 0.0
Kailon in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1991–2025, per million births of each sex. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,273 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 51.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 232 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

KailonKaylon

The ring: spellings.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Kailon, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Caizen

18Very rareRising fast

>99% boys

Modern

Kaicyn

17Very rareRising fast

94% boys · 6% girls

Modern

Kaikoa

22RareRising

>99% boys

Modern

Kaysyn

23RareRising

92% boys · 8% girls

Modern

Keiler

17Very rareRising fast

>99% boys

Modern

Kolson

50UncommonRising fast

>99% boys

Modern

Kaidan

“a beloved companion”

20RareCooling

96% boys · 4% girls

Modern

Kyson

Kyson is a masculine given name.

60FamiliarSteady

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

Names that share Kailon’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

A brother for Kailon

A sister for Kailon