Kaeo
Boy · kah-EH-oh · Hawaiian
Kaeo is a boys' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “victorious”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Kaeo mean?
Hawaiian
“victorious”
Kaeokulani, father of Kauai's last king Kaumualii, was an eighteenth-century Hawaiian chief often known as Kaeo.
- Say it
- kah-EH-oh
Is Kaeo a girl's or a boy's name?
Kaeo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kaeo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Kaeo, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1979.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Kaeo than any year since 2007.
Half of all the boys named Kaeo in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kaeo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 19 | #5,015 |
| 2021 | 19 | #4,932 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 12 | #6,798 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
Names like Kaeo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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