Kayon

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 12 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
12
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kayon by the numbers

Kayon was given to 12 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 16 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Kayon

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kayon. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kayinform of cain, acquired or spear17 in the US (2017)
  • Kalonbeautiful and good; from kalon14 in the US (2017)
  • Kayan34 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kanyon35 in the US (2017)
  • Kaylon27 in the US (2017)
  • Kayton19 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Kayon

Names that are said the same way as Kayon, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Kauanfrom the forest; a Brazilian indigenous name12 in the US (2017)
  • Kayhanlord of the world; ruler6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kawanfriend or companion6 in the US (2017)
  • Kahanthe priest3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Quan21 in the US (2017)
  • Kaion3 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Kayon

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