Kylo
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Meaning
modern invented name popularized by the Star Wars character Kylo Ren; no established prior meaning
The story
Kylo is younger than some of the strollers it rides in: the name barely existed before December 2015, when The Force Awakens introduced Kylo Ren, and by 2016 the Social Security Administration measured it as the fastest-rising boys' name in the country. There is no ancient root to report, the word was built for the screen, and even the fan theory that splices Skywalker and Solo has never been made official; in the comics the name stands for the past its owner meant to cut away. Parents heard it anyway: a sleek two syllables that rhyme with Milo and land like Kai. About 960 boys in the 2010s, all from a half-decade of running start, and already 4,460 this decade, more than four times the full total before it. Naming a child for the villain is a choice; America is making it in growing numbers.
How popular is Kylo around the world?
In the United States, 4,464 babies were named Kylo between 2020 and 2025. In New Zealand, 23 boys named Kylo were registered in 2025.
Kylo is on the official records of the United States, New Zealand, Scotland, England and Wales, Canada, Ireland and Austria.
United States
1 in 4,900
In the United States, 4,464 babies were named Kylo between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Kylo peaked in the 2020s.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
New Zealand
1 in 2,500
In New Zealand, 23 boys named Kylo were registered in 2025.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time
Scotland
1 in 3,100
In Scotland, 15 boys named Kylo were registered in 2024, the 268th most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Births registered in Scotland; different spellings count separately but accents are merged at source, and any spelling under 3 in total is suppressed. Source: National Records of Scotland, babies' first names
England and Wales
1 in 4,200
In England and Wales, 138 boys named Kylo were born in 2025, the 321st most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Canada
1 in 8,100
In Canada, 45 boys named Kylo were born in 2024, the 607th most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
Ireland
1 in 18,000
In Ireland, 3 boys named Kylo were born in 2025, the 829th most common name among boys that year.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.
Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names
Austria
1 in 76,000
In Austria, 1 boy named Kylo was born in 2025, ranked 1,842nd among boys that year, spellings that differ only by special characters counted together.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.
Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)
South Australia
last on record 2016
Kylo is not on the 2017 record for South Australia, whose registry publishes every name given that year.
The count never rose above 4 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Kylo
Most people given the name Kylo in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
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