Kayo — #6503 US boys' name
268 babies named Kayo in U.S. Social Security records since 1926, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 54% of names given to boys today.
38% of everyone ever named Kayo was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Kayo in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kayo
The Social Security Administration has registered 268 babies named Kayo between 1926 and 2024, spanning 99 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kayo currently holds the #6503 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kayo performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 102 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Kayo shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kayo in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 268 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Kayo at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kayo popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1926
- Peak year (2009)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 99 years of records
Currently ranks #6503 among boys.
268 total births across 99 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 20 births in a single year.
Kayo popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 1973 (Kayo as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Kayo accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kayo by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 102 births that decade — 38% of Kayo's all-time total
Kayo decade highlights
- Peak decade 102 births
- Runner-up 94 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Kayo's strongest decade
102 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1926–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.