boys:
1.8k births since 1971
#2948 (36th percentile)
overall:
1.8k births since 1971
#5967 (23rd percentile)
The name Kaleo is the #5,967 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,787 recorded births since 1971. This represents the 22.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 22.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,948 (35.7% percentile) for all time with 1,787 births since 1971.
Kaleo first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1971 (first recorded for boys in 1971). Birth data for Kaleo is available in 49 out of the 53 years between 1971 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, Kaleo reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 14.5% percentile (ranked #779) with 75 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 75 births per million (ranked 14.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1993, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kaleo is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #779 (14.5% percentile) with 75 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kaleo".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Kaleo. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 47.1% confident that Kaleo is pronounced as kah-LAY-oh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kuh-LAY-oh, at 17.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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