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Kayron

KAY-ron /keɪˈrɒn/

At a glance

U.S. rank 2025
#6,803 of boy names (outside the top 1,000)
Babies in 2025
12 (<0.01% of boys)
Peak
#4,017 in 1989
First recorded
1985

Meaning of Kayron

In Italy, the name Kayron might dance on the tongue like a Vespa humming through Tuscan hills: bright, bold, and delightfully unexpected. Its origin blends a hint of Gaelic tradition—evoking Ciarán’s “little dark one”—with a modern American twist, forging a name that feels both timeless and freshly minted. Pronounced KAY-ron (/keɪˈrɒn/), it carries a sonorous first syllable that leaps like a sunbeam before settling into a soft, resonant tone. Though Kayron remains a rare gem—ranked around 917th with just seven newborn bearers in the US in 2024—its scarcity is part of its charm, offering parents a moniker that stands apart without hogging the spotlight. Warm yet sturdy, this name whispers of open-road adventures, sun-dappled shores and a creative spirit unbound by convention. And rest assured, years from now friends will be chuckling over espresso about how these parents “guessed right” with a name that feels equally at home in an Italian piazza or on a windswept Celtic moor.

How to pronounce Kayron

English

Popularity of Kayron in the U.S.

Kayron was the #6,803 boy name in the U.S. in 2025, with 12 babies. It peaked at #4,017 in 1989. It first appears in the records in 1985.

Bar and line chart: Kayron in the U.S., 1985–2025. Bars: boys given the name each year, most 14 in 2007 and 12 in 2025. Line: rank among boy names, peak #4,017 in 1989, #6,803 in 2025.
  • Boys named Kayron (left scale)
  • Rank among U.S. boy names (right scale, #1 at the top)
By year, 1985–2025. Source: SSA. Download: PNG · SVG
Year-by-year table, 1985⁠–⁠2025 35 rows
Kayron: babies and rank among boy names in the U.S. by year
YearBabiesRankvs previous year
2025126,803▲ 3,091
202479,894▼ 1,639
202398,255▼ 1,427
2022126,828▲ 5,318
2021512,146back (not recorded in 2020)
201988,889▼ 735
201898,154▲ 1,542
201779,696back (not recorded in 2016)
2015610,644▼ 1,863
201488,781▼ 1,755
2013117,026back (not recorded in 2012)
201188,767▲ 3,464
2010512,231▼ 4,539
2009107,692▲ 1,327
200889,019▼ 3,118
2007145,901▲ 4,761
2006610,662▼ 3,022
200597,640▼ 664
2004106,976▲ 2,605
200369,581▲ 1,086
2002510,667▼ 3,732
200196,935▼ 1,347
2000125,588▼ 271
1999125,317▲ 4,314
199859,631▼ 3,013
199786,618back (not recorded in 1996)
199595,928▼ 60
199495,868▲ 360
199386,228▼ 1,901
1992134,327▲ 2,944
199167,271▼ 1,889
199095,382▼ 1,365
1989134,017back (not recorded in 1987–1988)
198694,457▲ 2,066
198556,523new