Kratos

#7,979 in 2025Boys' name

Power, strength

Kratos has been given to 191 babies in the U.S. since 2008. In 2025 it ranked #7,979 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2023, with 18 recorded.

Babies named Kratos, 2025

1 in 332,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Kratos: meaning, origin, and history

Power, strength

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Kratos means

Kratos means “power, strength”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 191 boys were recorded with the name Kratos between 2008 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 18 in 2023; its best national rank was #5,368 in 2023.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,484 in 2020 to #7,979 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #9,208 in 2015 to #7,979 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 Kratos?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 332,000; 10 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 171,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #7,979; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 229,791 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Kratos 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 229,791 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kratos. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Kratoss were born

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

Median birth year: 2018; About 7 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 51.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 191; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 51.3% of all recorded uses (98).

Is Kratos 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: −447; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: −1,495; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: +1,229; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.25×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 55.6%; Peak was 2023 (18)
Years since peak: 2; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 33.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,368; 2023

Spellings of Kratos

Kratos is not the most common spelling — Keaton is, with 95.5% against Kratos's 0.83%.

Keaton95.5%22,087
Kato3.7%860
Kratos0.83%191

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.

Kratos around the world

Where Kratos 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.

Canada
2012–2012
#2,715
in 2012

Popularity data from Statistics Canada. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Kratos by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #7,979
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 1,495
Best rank ever: #5,368; 2023
Peak year: 2023; 18 that year
First recorded: 2008
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 191
Count in 2025: 10

Names similar to Kratos

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

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Sibling names for Kratos

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

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For a brother

Aaden Evans Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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