Fun Facts About the Name Kylor
- 505 babies named Kylor: U.S. records list 505 babies given the name Kylor from 1880 through 2025. Even 5 girls received the name Kylor - about 1 girl for every 100 boys.
What Does the Name Kylor Mean?
Kylor is a modern English given name, most reasonably explained as a spelling variant of Kyler. Kyler is generally treated as a surname of Dutch origin, from Middle Dutch cuyl or kuil, meaning "pit," "hollow," or "cave." On that reading it is either a topographic name for someone who lived near a hollow or pit, or an occupational name connected with a lime kiln or a charcoal-burning pit. A competing and less certain explanation treats Kyler as an English surname variant of Kyle, from Scottish Gaelic caol, "narrow" or "strait," with the added agent ending -er. Because the parent surname itself has more than one proposed source, and because the -or spelling of Kylor is recent, no single etymology for Kylor can be stated with confidence.
Kylor Name History & Origins
Kylor follows Kyler, a family name that appears in the United States, where Dutch and German surnames were common. Like other American surnames, Kyler was gradually taken up as a first name, and the spelling Kylor is a later respelling of it. The shift from -er to -or fits a familiar pattern in English names: the ending -or appears in surname-derived given names such as Taylor and Tyler, and the y spelling in place of i is a common way of restyling an existing name without changing its pronunciation. Kylor's own documented history as a distinct spelling is thin, and it is best described as a modern variant of Kyler rather than as a name with a separate line of development.
How Popular is the Name Kylor?
Kylor has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2010. Its best rank was #3,779 in 1986.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | #18,876 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,635 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2024 | #9,465 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2023 | #8,022 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2022 | #6,678 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2021 | #6,928 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2020 | #5,150 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2019 | #10,360 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2018 | #6,195 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2017 | #5,426 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2016 | #5,054 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2015 | #6,905 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2014 | #4,982 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2013 | #6,102 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2012 | #5,620 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 2011 | #5,337 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2010 | #4,619 | 21 | 0.0011% |
| 2009 | #4,852 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2008 | #4,830 | 20 | 0.0010% |
| 2007 | #4,914 | 19 | 0.0009% |
| 2006 | #5,969 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2005 | #6,457 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2004 | #6,365 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 2003 | #8,290 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2002 | #5,589 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2001 | #8,830 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2000 | #9,801 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #4,915 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1998 | #5,681 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1997 | #4,372 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1996 | #4,300 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1995 | #5,361 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1994 | #4,687 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1993 | #9,551 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1992 | #6,442 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1991 | #6,265 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1990 | #6,856 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #7,491 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1988 | #5,028 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1987 | #4,781 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1986 | #3,779 | 12 | 0.0007% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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