Kylar
Masculine
Kylar is given to both — 2,046 boys and 1,036 girls since 1880. See Kylar as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Kylar joins Kyle — a Scottish word for a narrow strait — to an -ar ending that reads as a surname. The Scottish half is real geography and the join is American.
How old is the name Kylar?
Kylar first appears in US birth records in 1992 — 33 years ago. The typical Kylar alive today was born around 2012, making them about 13 years old. About 2,000 people named Kylar are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kylar most popular?
Kylar peaked in 2014, reaching #1514 nationally. Today it ranks #3757, 2,243 places below that high. See the whole 2014 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Kylar
Ours, offered as ours. Caol is doing real work in Scottish geography — the Kyle of Lochalsh, the Kyles of Bute, the Kyle of Tongue all name narrow water, and the word is simply the Gaelic for narrow. American naming took Kyle as a boys' name in the 1970s and then began extending it: Kylar, Kyler, Kylan. The strait is genuinely there at the front and the ending is a modern invention that makes the name read as a family name it never was.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No source is established for the compound. Kyle is documented: Scottish Gaelic caol, narrow, used for straits and for a district of Ayrshire. The -ar and -er endings are modern American suffixes borrowed from surnames.
Pronouncing Kylar
KY-lar
Two syllables, first stressed. Kylar and Kyler are said almost identically.
Nicknames for Kylar
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
- 1992
- Most boys named
- 2016112 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1514reached in 2014
- Change vs 2024
- −34.1%29 in 2025, from 44
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.
Kylar in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Caol in Scottish Gaelic — related form
- Kyler in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Florida, Georgia.
Kylars among us
people named Kylar are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 58,899 born in 2025 was named Kylar
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 Arash test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kylar's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Arash climbed just as high around 1982, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Arash's path sketches the road Kylar is walking now.
Kylar 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 Kylar is headed
Kylar is easing off slowly — about 28% 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.
Kylar beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Kylar in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Kyle and Ky are both complete short forms in their own right.
- Read correctly on sight by every English speaker.
- A real Scottish word sits at the front of it.
- Kyler is more written and will be assumed and corrected to.
- Kylar, Kyler and Kylor are all in use and none is dominant.
- There is no documented meaning for the compound.
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Masculine · #3757 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Kylars are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,000 people named Kylar are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Kylar in 2025?
- Kylar ranks #3757 among US boy names in 2025, with 29 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Kylar?
- About 1 in every 58,899 US boys born in 2025 was named Kylar — 29 in all.
- Will my child share the name Kylar with classmates?
- Kylar will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Kylar
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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