Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Kaylon**

#3,116 most common boys' name of all time · #7,558 across all names · 67% male / 33% female · used 1961–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#3,116
Rank overall
#7,558 of 105,966
First appeared
1961
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
2,023
Since 2016
280
Peak year
1997 #1,878
Best rank
#1,791 1995
Girls Boys peak 86/yr
198020002020

Kaylon first appears in 1961. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 23 23 #4,436
2024 — 20 20 #4,941
2023 — 27 27 #4,037
2022 5 29 34 #3,800
2021 6 26 32 #4,041
2020 — 30 30 #3,593
2019 7 30 37 #3,660
2018 — 30 30 #3,646
2017 6 21 27 #4,635
2016 6 14 20 #6,131
2015 9 27 36 #3,917
2014 10 27 37 #3,816
2013 10 34 44 #3,219
2012 9 40 49 #2,920
2011 10 23 33 #4,262
2010 11 32 43 #3,404
2009 16 32 48 #3,426
2008 11 34 45 #3,308
2007 14 24 38 #4,163
2006 16 26 42 #3,819
2005 15 34 49 #3,052
2004 13 35 48 #2,911
2003 22 39 61 #2,595
2002 24 35 59 #2,703
2001 34 37 71 #2,583
2000 37 40 77 #2,403
1999 26 39 65 #2,319
1998 30 44 74 #2,111
1997 36 50 86 #1,878
1996 24 51 75 #1,802
1995 34 49 83 #1,791
1994 29 38 67 #2,158
1993 20 36 56 #2,185
1992 33 31 64 #2,397
1991 21 25 46 #2,720
1990 15 30 45 #2,341
1989 15 23 38 #2,737
1988 19 18 37 #3,022
1987 14 17 31 #3,009
1986 12 27 39 #2,149
1985 9 16 25 #3,031
1984 — 15 15 #3,049
1983 12 9 21 #4,349
1982 10 11 21 #3,864
1981 6 7 13 #5,223
1980 — 8 8 #4,712
1979 — 9 9 #4,253
1978 — 6 6 #5,410
1977 — 8 8 #4,396
1976 — 7 7 #4,717
1972 — 5 5 #5,432
1966 6 — 6 —
1962 7 — 7 —
1961 6 — 6 —