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Khyler vs Khyson

American parents have registered 821 Khylers since 1880, against 705 Khysons. But in 2025 it was Khyson that was commoner, 58 babies to 36.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Khyler against Khyson, 1880 to 2025 0 40 80 120 160 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Khyler Khyson

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 27 years in which either name was published, Khyler for 21 years and Khyson for 6 years. The lead changed hands once.

Side by side

  Khyler Khyson
Total US births 821705
Most in one year 67122
Babies in 2025 3658
Estimated living today 810700
Median age today 83
Peak year 20192023
Best rank 2,364th boys1,473rd boys
Rank in 2025 3,658th2,363rd
First recorded 19992010
Girls / boys 129 / 6920 / 705

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Khylers alive today are over 8; half the Khysons are over 3. That is 5 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Khyler and Khyson.