Kayo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KY-oh
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Kayo is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
Where does Kayo come from?
May be a Brazilian spelling of Caio (Gaius) or a Japanese name
Is Kayo a girl's or a boy's name?
Kayo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kayo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 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, 4 boys in the UK were named Kayo, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 4 boys.
In 2025, 53 boys in the UK were given Kayo or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #655, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Kayo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
How popular is Kayo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 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, 11 boys in the US were named Kayo, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1926.
2025 had fewer boys named Kayo than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Kayo in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 68 boys in the US were given Kayo or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,850, up from #7,190 for this spelling alone.
Kayo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,199 |
Names like Kayo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kamsiyochukwu Achim Obi Kobe Kenechukwu Tobechukwu Munachimso Kwame Chidubem Naetochukwu Chukwuebuka Somtochukwu
Other spellings of Kayo
Names related to Kayo
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, “Kayo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kayo, updated 20 October 2026.