Kaeo

#9,285 in 2025Boys' name

Crystal, glass, diamond

Kaeo has been given to 365 babies in the U.S. since 1979. In 2025 it ranked #9,285 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2014, with 19 recorded.

Babies named Kaeo, 2025

1 in 414,000

Kaeo 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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kaeo: meaning, origin, and history

Crystal, glass, diamond

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kaeo means

Kaeo means “crystal, glass, diamond”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 365 boys were recorded with the name Kaeo between 1979 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 19 in 2014; its best national rank was #4,967 in 2014.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #7,248 in 2020 to #9,285 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,132 in 2015 to #9,285 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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Kaeo?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 414,000; 8 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 213,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #9,285; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 287,238 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kaeo 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 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kaeo. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kaeos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kaeo was born before 2012 — so the typical Kaeo is around 13 today.

Median birth year: 2012; About 13 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 39.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 84.4%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 365; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 39.7% of all recorded uses (145).

Is Kaeo 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: −1,258; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: −2,037; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: −3,153; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.57×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 42.1%; Peak was 2014 (19)
Years since peak: 11; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 28.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,967; 2014

Spellings of Kaeo

Kaeo is not the most common spelling — Leo is, with 23.1% against Kaeo's 0.03%.

Leo23.1%259,988
Mateo11.3%126,693
Karl9.0%100,836
Kaleb7.7%86,649
Kai6.2%70,232
Kaden6.2%69,595
Gael4.4%49,079
Theo3.2%35,830

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.

Where Kaeo is used

Across 1910–2025, Kaeo was most concentrated in Hawaii — about 1 in 3,333 boys, against 1 in 101,118 across all states with data. It was least common in California (1 in —).

030 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1Hawaii1 in 3,333
2California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Kaeo has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Kaeo by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #9,285
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 2,037
Best rank ever: #4,967; 2014
Peak year: 2014; 19 that year
First recorded: 1979
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 365
Count in 2025: 8

Names similar to Kaeo

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

Kaesyn Kaesen Kaevon Kaedon Kaelen Kaelum Kaenan Kaelem Kael Kaelin Taeo Kaeson Kaedan Kaedin Kaemon Kaegan Kaelan Kaelon Kaedyn Kaelo Kaeleb Kaecyn Kaelob Kaede

Sibling names for Kaeo

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 Rhianna Adelle Anabel Hayleigh Jaiden Shaniya

For a brother

Aaden Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden Gavyn Caesar Hamilton

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