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Kaleo

Gender
Boy
Say it
ka-LAY-oh
Origin
Hawaiian
UK rank, 2025
#3,329 for boys
US rank, 2025
#897 for boys

Kaleo is a boys' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “the voice”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 897th for boys in the US (265 babies).

What does Kaleo mean?

Hawaiian: from ka 'the' + leo 'voice'

“the voice”

A Hawaiian name formed from ka 'the' and leo 'voice'.

Is Kaleo a girl's or a boy's name?

Kaleo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 5 girls and 265 boys in the US.

How popular is Kaleo in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#3,329among boys
Babies in 2025
6about 1 in 50,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising fastup 467% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Kaleo, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys.

2025 had the most boys named Kaleo of any year since it first appeared, in 2012.

Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.

2012Busiest: 6 in 20252025
Kaleo in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20256#3,329
20245#3,772
20234#4,335
20224#4,195
20210–
20200–
20190–
20181#6,277
20172#6,253
20160–
20150–
20140–
20130–
20121#6,332

How popular is Kaleo in the US?

Rank in 2025
#897among boys
Babies in 2025
265about 1 in 6,400 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 88% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 265 boys in the US were named Kaleo, making it the 897th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,503rd. It first appears in the records in 1971. 5 girls were also named Kaleo in 2025 (14,937th for girls).

It has been given to more boys each year for the last 11 years. 2025 had the most boys named Kaleo of any year since it first appeared, in 1971.

Half of all the boys named Kaleo in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 291 boys in the US were given Kaleo or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #786, up from #897 for this spelling alone.

1971Busiest: 265 in 20252025
Kaleo in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025265#897
2024196#1,099
2023140#1,346
2022137#1,366
2021120#1,489
2020112#1,503
2019108#1,548
2018100#1,625
201788#1,746
201675#1,936
201559#2,252
201452#2,427
201366#2,043
201261#2,171
201152#2,402
201046#2,631
200947#2,622
200845#2,716
200744#2,721
200635#3,082
200537#2,842
200424#3,731
200330#3,114
200222#3,789
200141#2,382
200018#4,198
199925#3,178
199814#4,645
199716#4,054
199613#4,606
19959#5,922
199416#3,905
19936#7,631
19929#5,652
19917#6,511
199013#4,161
19890–
19888#5,194
198711#3,954
19865#6,715
19858#4,693
19849#4,212
19830–
19827#5,001
198111#3,599
19808#4,493
19795#6,054
19785#5,769
19770–
19765#5,584
19756#4,795
19745#5,225
19736#4,503
19720–
19715#4,905

Names like Kaleo

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Koa Kai Keanu Matteo Ozzy Makai Lawi Theo Enzo Nikolai Luca Muhammad

Other spellings of Kaleo

Khaleo

Names related to Kaleo

Kailo Kal Kal-El Kalel Kael Kalle Kalei Kale Kaleel

More Hawaiian names

Leilani Kailani Kalani Nalani Koah Meilani Kailany Leilany Laylani Lani Luana Leylani Lailani Makoa Nakoa Alakai

Every Hawaiian name

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, “Kaleo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kaleo, updated 20 October 2026.