boys:
347 births since 1979
#4239 (8th percentile)
overall:
347 births since 1979
#7392 (4th percentile)
The name Kaeo is the #7,392 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 347 recorded births since 1979. This represents the 4.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,239 (7.5% percentile) for all time with 347 births since 1979.
Kaeo first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1979 (first recorded for boys in 1979). Birth data for Kaeo is available in 32 out of the 45 years between 1979 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Kaeo reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #890) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kaeo ranks #905 for boys (0.7% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 59.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kaeo".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Kaeo. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 30.3% confident that Kaeo is pronounced as KAY-oh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KAH-ay-oh, at 21.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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