Keylor
Masculine
Keylor is a Costa Rican coinage made famous by one goalkeeper, and no source establishes an older origin.
How old is the name Keylor?
Keylor first appears in US birth records in 2014 — 11 years ago. The typical Keylor is a kid of about 6 — this name's wave is very recent. About 700 people named Keylor are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Keylor most popular?
Keylor peaked in 2019, reaching #1849 nationally. Today it ranks #2641, 792 places below that high. See the whole 2019 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Keylor
Our story of Keylor is a story of a naming culture and one career. Costa Rican families through the twentieth century built given names freely from K fronts and English-sounding endings — Keylor, Keyner, Jeaustin, Bryan-derived forms. Keylor Navas kept goal for Real Madrid and Costa Rica, and the name's currency follows him. There is no older word behind it, and the tradition that made it is real.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No documented etymology. It is a modern Central American coinage, of the kind built from K fronts and English-sounding endings widespread in Costa Rican naming. Its currency follows one footballer. Honest sources record it as a coinage.
Pronouncing Keylor
KAY-lor
Two syllables, stress on the first. Spanish gives both vowels a full value.
Nicknames for Keylor
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
- 2014
- Most boys named
- 202283 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1849reached in 2019
- Change vs 2024
- +14.0%49 in 2025, from 43
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.
Keylor in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Keylor in Spanish — same name
- Kaylor in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, New York, Florida.
Keylors among us
people named Keylor are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 34,859 born in 2025 was named Keylor
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 Nicholis test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Keylor's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Nicholis climbed just as high around 1988, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Nicholis's path sketches the road Keylor is walking now.
Keylor 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 Keylor is headed
Keylor is easing off slowly — about 20% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium 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.
Keylor beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Keylor in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Two clean syllables with no pronunciation risk.
- It records a real Costa Rican naming tradition.
- It is genuinely distinctive.
- There is no documented meaning.
- One footballer dominates the association.
- It reads as specifically Central American.
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Frequently asked
- How many Keylors are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Keylor are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Keylor in 2025?
- Keylor ranks #2641 among US boy names in 2025, with 49 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Keylor?
- About 1 in every 34,859 US boys born in 2025 was named Keylor — 49 in all.
- Will my child share the name Keylor with classmates?
- Keylor will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Keylor
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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