Kato
Kato was the 2664th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 49 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 2455th with 57 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 38 places. More babies were named Kato in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,664 boys, down 177 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 49boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202257 babies
- Total since 1880
- 860babies recorded
Kato popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,664 | 49 |
| 2020 | #2,487 | 52 |
| 2010 | #6,546 | 13 |
| 2000 | #11,313 | 5 |
| 1990 | — | — |
| 1980 | #3,993 | 10 |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | #3,655 | 7 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Kato, counting every spelling?
Kato is the most common spelling of a name family that had 94 boys in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 94 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kato | 49 | #2,664 | 236 |
| Cato | 45 | #2,804 | 183 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Kato?
49 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Kato (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Kato born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 171 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Kato.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Kato?
About 800 people born in the US named Kato are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 5 and 16. That makes Kato a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Kato by state
How common Kato was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 48 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Kato: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Kato, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Kato
How popular is the name Kato?
Kato was the 2664th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 49 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 2455th with 57 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 38 places. More babies were named Kato in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Kato a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Kato in the US.
Where is Kato most popular?
In 2021–2025, Kato was most common in California (0.03 per 1,000 boys), followed by Texas and Ohio.