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How popular is the name Cato?
Births per year, rank history and how many Catos are alive today.
Cato (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Kaito in England and Wales, ranked 5120th in 2024 and given to 3 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2016, when 7 babies were given the name, the 2804th most popular that year. It has declined since 2016; the 2024 figure is roughly 43% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Kaito you are most likely to meet is around 3 years old. Half of all Kaitos born in England and Wales are between 4 and 16, and there are at least 230 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Kaito - on average, only one in every 1,318 such rooms contains a Kaito.
How many babies are named Cato each year?
Includes all spellings: Cato, Kaito. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Cato spelling rank?
Where does the Kaito spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Cato most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Kaito, peaked in 2022, when 22 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Cato spelling itself peaked in 2016, with 7 babies.
How many people are called Cato?
At least 230 people named Cato in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Cato?
Most living Catos are between 4 and 16; the most common age is about 3.
Is Cato becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 2022 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.