Kaleo

What Kaleo means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Kaleo yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #2,253 in 2015, #897 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Kaleo?

US: Rising: up from #2253 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 265 boys got the name (#897 that year). First in the US records in 1971.

How common

• About 1 in 6,446 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 45,323 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in HI (3.08 per 1,000 boys), NV (0.62 per 1,000 boys), AZ (0.43 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Kaleo is #897 in the US and #3256 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 98.1% of US babies named Kaleo were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Caleo15 US
• Kaileo7 US
• Kahleo6 US
• Kaleio6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Kaleo

Boys

• Elias#13Form of Elijah, meaning “Yahweh is my god”^*
• Enzo#72“home + ruler”^*
• Amir#105“commander, prince”^*
• Jaziel#198Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #934 in 2015, #198 in 2025
• Callum#118Variant of Calum, meaning “dove”^*
• Ezekiel#61“God strengthens”^*

For a sister

• Sylvie#282Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,175 in 2015, #282 in 2025
• Josephine#53Feminine form of Joseph, meaning “(God) shall add”^*
• Daphne#178“laurel, bay”^*
• Julieta#285Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #805 in 2015, #285 in 2025
• Rory#230“red-haired king”^*
• Kaylani#185Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,054 in 2015, #185 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Kaleo’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.