Kyon

Kyon was the #4,539 boys' name in the US in 2025 (22 babies), and #5,137 in England & Wales.

Kyon as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Kyon as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & Wales
Kyon as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & Wales
2025#4,539 (22)#5,137 (3)
2024#4,072 (26)#4,271 (4)
2023#3,802 (29)—
2022#3,617 (31)#3,450 (5)
2021#3,427 (33)#3,451 (5)
2020#2,980 (39)—
2019#3,143 (37)#2,266 (9)
2018#2,708 (45)#3,011 (6)
2017#2,170 (62)#1,546 (16)
2016#2,477 (51)#2,027 (11)
2015#5,507 (16)#3,373 (5)
2014#4,538 (21)—
2013#5,923 (14)—
2012#3,714 (28)—
2011#5,200 (17)#2,892 (6)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2017 at #2,170.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1976.

How common is it?

about 1 in 77,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 77,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 91,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Kyon is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 82,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 76,000 to 1 in 88,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.