Kado

#12,920 in 2025Boys' name

Form of Kadeg

Kado has been given to 104 babies in the U.S. since 2009. In 2025 it ranked #12,920 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 15 recorded.

Babies named Kado, 2025

1 in 663,000

Kado over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kado: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Kadeg

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kado means

Kado is a form of Kadeg.

Origin, language, and formation

Kado is used in Breton.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Kadeg.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 104 boys were recorded with the name Kado between 2009 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 15 in 2022; its best national rank was #5,994 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #11,270 in 2020 to #12,920 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #13,019 in 2015 to #12,920 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Kado?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 663,000; 5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 342,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #12,920; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 459,581 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kado sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kado. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kados were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kado was born before 2018 — so the typical Kado is around 7 today.

Median birth year: 2018; About 7 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 51.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 104; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 51.9% of all recorded uses (54).

Is Kado rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −4,275; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: −1,650; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: +99; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.00×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 33.3%; Peak was 2022 (15)
Years since peak: 3; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 18.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,994; 2022

Spellings of Kado

Kado is not the most common spelling — Karl is, with 15.8% against Kado's 0.02%.

Karl15.8%100,836
Wade12.0%76,498
Kai11.0%70,232
Kaden10.9%69,595
Cade5.5%34,772
Kody3.7%23,762
Kade3.7%23,294
Kane3.1%19,521

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Kado by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #12,920
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 1,650
Best rank ever: #5,994; 2022
Peak year: 2022; 15 that year
First recorded: 2009
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 104
Count in 2025: 5

Names similar to Kado

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Kadan Kadir Kadar Kadon Kadeen Kader Kadian Kadden Kadien Kadeyn Kadri Kadrian Kadmiel Kadari Kadesh Kadyn Kadafi Gerado Corrado Ado Kadin Kadeem Kadein Kadynn

Sibling names for Kado

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Annabell Abagail Shyann Sydni Halie Sydnie Rhianna Alysa

For a brother

Aaden Hamilton Evans Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

Explore around Kado

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