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Kaito

Boy

Meaning of Kaito: Japanese: 'soaring across the ocean'

Kaito is a boy's name most strongly associated with Japanese naming. It has 5 letters and 2 syllables, and it is familiar but far from overused — 2048th most popular boys' name in the United States in 2025 and 1758th in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#2048

71 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#1758

14 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

1,235

First recorded 1994 · peak 2022

Trend

rising

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 0 babies1982: 0 babies1983: 0 babies1984: 0 babies1985: 0 babies1986: 0 babies1987: 0 babies1988: 0 babies1989: 0 babies1990: 0 babies19901991: 0 babies1992: 0 babies1993: 0 babies1994: 5 babies1995: 0 babies1996: 0 babies1997: 17 babies1998: 18 babies1999: 13 babies2000: 24 babies20002001: 32 babies2002: 17 babies2003: 25 babies2004: 22 babies2005: 36 babies2006: 37 babies2007: 27 babies2008: 30 babies2009: 43 babies2010: 46 babies20102011: 42 babies2012: 43 babies2013: 46 babies2014: 46 babies2015: 47 babies2016: 40 babies2017: 50 babies2018: 44 babies2019: 59 babies2020: 62 babies20202021: 69 babies2022: 84 babies2023: 65 babies2024: 75 babies2025: 71 babies
US babies named Kaito per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 84.

Gender split

100% boys · 0% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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