Cato
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #2,797 for boys
Cato is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,797th for boys in the US (45 babies).
What does Cato mean?
Latin
A male given name from Latin.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Cato a girl's or a boy's name?
Cato is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 45 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cato in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Cato in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cato in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
How popular is Cato in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,797among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 45about 1 in 38,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 45 boys in the US were named Cato, making it the 2,797th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,272nd.
2025 had the most boys named Cato of any year since the records began in 1880.
Half of all the boys named Cato in the US since 1880 were born between 1976 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 94 boys in the US were given Cato or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,542, up from #2,797 for this spelling alone.
- Kato 49
- Cato 45
Cato in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45 | #2,797 |
| 2024 | 40 | #3,044 |
| 2023 | 23 | #4,452 |
| 2022 | 38 | #3,149 |
| 2021 | 37 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 34 | #3,272 |
| 2019 | 27 | #3,896 |
| 2018 | 32 | #3,442 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 23 | #4,293 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 6 | #3,672 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 8 | #2,655 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,479 |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,465 |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
| 1921 | 10 | #2,803 |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,390 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,422 |
| 1916 | 7 | #3,176 |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,495 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 6 | #1,536 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 8 | #699 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 6 | #809 |
Names like Cato
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Milo Arlo Leo Theo Enzo Hugo Otto Felix Albie Oakley Lorenzo Ezra
Other spellings of Cato
More Latin names
Oliver Olivia Roman Aurora Emily Florence Mabel Luna Nora Rosie Emilia Max Nova Lucy Julian Clara
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cato: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cato, updated 20 October 2026.