How Many People Are Named Kato?
people named Kato are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 416,810 people in the US has this name
Based on 860 babies named Kato in Social Security records from 1914 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
57 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "second of twins" in Luganda.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Kato in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kato alive today is about 12 years old, and 92% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 15 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kato first appears in the records in 1914 and was given most often in 2022, to 57 babies. In 2025, 49 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1914 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Kato has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,454, in 2022. In 2025 it ranked #2,664.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,664 |
| Best rank | #2,454 (2022) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,309 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kato alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kato were born in California than in any other state: about 71 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kato was given about 4.3 times as often in California.
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