Kato Boy
How popular is Kato?
#2,641 boy name in 2025
49 baby boys were named Kato in the US in 2025, making it the 2641st most popular boy name.
Kato popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,641 for boys (▲ 148 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 49 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+4% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,599 in 2015, #2,466 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (57 boys) |
| Highest rank | #2,437 in 2022 |
| First recorded | 1914 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Kato counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kaito family of names ranked #1,095 for boys in 2025 (#1,109 the year before), with 165 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Kato is most popular
Babies named Kato per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (29 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (19 boys)
- Ohio: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Kato by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 10 | #3,263 |
| 1920s | 18 | #3,488 |
| 1940s | 6 | #3,297 |
| 1970s | 11 | #4,503 |
| 1980s | 21 | #3,837 |
| 1990s | 64 | #4,179 |
| 2000s | 105 | #5,068 |
| 2010s | 337 | #2,555 |
| 2020s | 288 | #2,437 |
Boy names about as popular as Kato
Questions
- Is Kato a boy or girl name?
- Kato is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Kato were boys.
- How popular is the name Kato?
- 49 baby boys were named Kato in the US in 2025, making it the 2641st most popular boy name.
- When was Kato most popular?
- Kato peaked in 2022, when 57 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,437 in 2022.
- How many people are named Kato?
- 860 babies have been named Kato in the US since 1880. We estimate about 821 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 9.
- Where is Kato most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Kato was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.