Kaylor
Feminine
Kaylor is given to both — 796 girls and 502 boys since 1880. See Kaylor as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Kaylor joins the Kay- opening of recent American naming to an -or ending that reads as a surname. It is one of a small group of names built to look like family names that no family actually has.
How old is the name Kaylor?
Kaylor first appears in US birth records in 1982 — 43 years ago. The typical Kaylor alive today was born around 2009, making them about 16 years old. About 800 people named Kaylor are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kaylor most popular?
Kaylor peaked in 2025, reaching #3296 nationally. Today it ranks #3296, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Kaylor
Ours rather than the record's. The -or and -er endings do something specific in American naming: they make a name read as a surname, and a surname reads as older and steadier than a first name. Taylor, Harper and Parker all trade on that. Kaylor takes the same ending and puts a modern opening in front of it, which produces a name that sounds inherited and is not. There is a real German surname standing nearby — Köhler, the charcoal burner — but no evidence the name came from it.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source is established. Kaylor and Kayler do occur as American surnames, most often as anglicizations of the German Köhler, a charcoal burner. Whether the given name draws on that or was built from the Kay- and -lor pieces of modern naming is not recorded.
Pronouncing Kaylor
KAY-lor
Two syllables, first stressed. There is no variation.
Nicknames for Kaylor
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1982
- Most girls named
- 202547 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3296reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +113.6%47 in 2025, from 22
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Kaylor in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Köhler in German — related form
Kaylors among us
people named Kaylor are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 34,197 born in 2025 was named Kaylor
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Suleima test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kaylor's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Suleima climbed just as high around 1990, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Suleima's path sketches the road Kaylor is walking now.
Kaylor sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Kaylor is headed
Kaylor should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Kaylor beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Kaylor in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Read correctly on sight by every English speaker.
- It sounds like a surname, which gives it a steadiness many new names lack.
- Rare in the records, so it stays distinct on a class list.
- Kaylor, Kayler and Kaeler all appear and none is dominant.
- Taylor is very close in sound and far more common, so the two will be confused.
- There is no documented meaning, only a resemblance to a German surname.
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Frequently asked
- How many Kaylors are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 800 people named Kaylor are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Kaylor in 2025?
- Kaylor ranks #3296 among US girl names in 2025, with 47 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Kaylor?
- About 1 in every 34,197 US girls born in 2025 was named Kaylor — 47 in all.
- Will my child share the name Kaylor with classmates?
- Kaylor will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Kaylor
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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