boy's name
Kylo
KY-loh
- Origin Invented
- Gender Boy
- Letters 4
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 7,096
the United States
#402
2025 births
Kylo is a boy's name invented for Star Wars in 2015. J. J. Abrams built it from the surnames of two earlier characters, Kylo Ren being formed from Skywalker and Solo, so it is a deliberate construction with no older source.
- Kylo is a name of Invented origin.
- Peaked in 2024, when 883 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 4,113 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1979.
Kylo over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 5 |
| 1990s | 6 |
| 2010s | 956 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 4,464 |
What Kylo means
Kylo has no inherited meaning. It was assembled from parts of two other names in the same fiction, and the readings offered since — sky, or a form of Kyle — were attached after the film rather than being its origin.
Where Kylo comes from
Kylo entered use in December 2015 with The Force Awakens. Its construction is documented: the character's name draws on Skywalker and Solo, reflecting his parentage, and Ren names the order he joins. Our records show three births with the name before that, in 1979 and the 1990s, then a jump the following year and a peak in 2024 — one of the clearest examples in the whole dataset of a name entering the language on a single date. Attempts to derive it from the Irish Kyle, a narrow strait or a wood, or from a Greek word, came afterward and are not its source.
Kylo in use
Kylo charts in six of the seven countries we track despite entering general use only in 2015.
How popular is Kylo?
In 2025, Kylo was given to 806 babies in the United States, ranking #402 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Kylo is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Kylo
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Kylo also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Kylo over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
1 nickname for Kylo
Each one is a name in its own right — the figure underneath is how it is doing today, so you can see which short forms are rising and which have faded.
Kylo in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
- Other forms
- Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
- Kylo
Sibling names for Kylo
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Kylo — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Kylo
What does the name Kylo mean?
Nothing inherited. It was built for Star Wars from parts of Skywalker and Solo.
Is Kylo from Star Wars?
Yes, entirely. The name enters general use in December 2015 with The Force Awakens.
Is Kylo related to Kyle?
No. The resemblance is coincidental — Kyle is a genuine Scottish and Irish name from a word for a strait or a wood.
How popular is the name Kylo?
In 2025, Kylo was given to 806 babies in the United States, ranking #402 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Is Kylo a girl's or a boy's name?
Kylo is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.
When was Kylo most popular?
Kylo peaked in 2024, when 883 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
What are the nicknames for Kylo?
Kylo is usually shortened to Ky.
Is Kylo a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Kylo currently ranks #277 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.