Boys' name · since 2020
Kaelo
Since 2020, U.S. Social Security records show 35 babies named Kaelo, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #24,721 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,195 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 35
- born since 2020
- 2020s
- peak decade
35 babies have been named Kaelo since 2020, making it today's #8195 boys' name.
Kaelo has 35 recorded births among boys since 2020, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8195 as of the latest data, more common than 41% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2020 to 2025.
- #24,721 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,195 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 35 born since 2020
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kaelo ranks #24,721 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,195 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 35 born since 2020, peaking in the 2020s.
- #24,721 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,195 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 35
- born since 2020
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kaelo's 35 recorded births place it above 45.39% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Kaelo compares
35 13th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kaelo's all-time total is 91% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kaelo | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 35 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kaelo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Kaelo splits its recorded history at 2023: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2024 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Kaelo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Kaelo by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (35 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Kaelo's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Kaelo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
35 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 35 births (100% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kaelo: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~5 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2020–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kaelo draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.