Kalo

#5,118 in 2025Boys' name

Black

Kalo has been given to 103 babies in the U.S. since 2011. In 2025 it ranked #5,118 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 19 recorded.

Babies named Kalo, 2025

1 in 174,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kalo: meaning, origin, and history

Black

Proto-Dravidian and Sanskrit

What Kalo means

Kalo means “black”, associated with kalo.

Origin, language, and formation

Kalo is used in Romani. Its origins include Proto-Dravidian and Sanskrit.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 103 boys were recorded with the name Kalo between 2011 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 19 in 2025; its best national rank was #5,118 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #8,382 in 2020 to #5,118 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #7,765 in 2015 to #5,118 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 Kalo?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 174,000; 19 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 89,900; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #5,118; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 120,943 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kalo 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 120,943 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kalo. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kalos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Kalo was born before 2020 — so the typical Kalo is around 5 today.

Median birth year: 2020; About 5 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 57.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 103; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 57.3% of all recorded uses (59).

Is Kalo 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: +1,920; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +3,264; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +2,647; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.90×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2025 (19)
Years since peak: Peaking now; At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 35.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,118; 2025

Spellings of Kalo

Kalo is not the most common spelling — Kyle is, with 31.6% against Kalo's <0.01%.

Kyle31.6%485,780
Dale18.1%278,156
Karl6.6%100,836
Kaleb5.6%86,649
Kai4.6%70,232
Pablo3.3%50,370
Milo2.9%43,847
Ali2.2%34,383

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.

Kalo around the world

Where Kalo ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2005–2017
#4,812
in 2017
South Australia
1982–1982
#424
in 1982

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Kalo by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #5,118
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 3,264
Best rank ever: #5,118; 2025
Peak year: 2025; 19 that year
First recorded: 2011
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 103
Count in 2025: 19

Names similar to Kalo

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

Kalu Kalet Kala Malo Kalden Kalai Nalo Kalev Kalei Kalmen Kalix Ralo Kaled Kalias Kallin Kalyan Alo Kali Kalum Kalim Kalup Kalee Kalep Kalyb

Sibling names for Kalo

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

Leonor Annabell Adelle Anabel Hayleigh Shaniya Eloisa Leigha

For a brother

Evans Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden Leander

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