Khaleo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ka-LAY-oh
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Khaleo is a boys' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “the voice”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Khaleo mean?
Hawaiian: spelling of Kaleo; from ka 'the' + leo 'voice'
“the voice”
A Hawaiian name formed from ka 'the' and leo 'voice'.
Meaning borrowed from Kaleo.
Is Khaleo a girl's or a boy's name?
Khaleo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Khaleo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,190th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Khaleo, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 2016.
Half of all the boys named Khaleo in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 291 boys in the US were given Khaleo or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #786, up from #7,190 for this spelling alone.
- Kaleo 265
- Caleo 15
- Khaleo 11
Khaleo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
Names like Khaleo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Koa, Kainoa, Kailo, Makoa, Keanu, Nakoa, Alakai, Kylo, Kekoa, Makai, Alonzo, Koe
Other spellings of Khaleo
Names related to Khaleo
More Hawaiian names
Kai, Leilani, Kailani, Kalani, Nalani, Koah, Meilani, Kailany, Leilany, Laylani, Lani, Luana, Leylani, Lailani, Kaelani, Noelani
Sources
Figures from 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, “Khaleo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/khaleo, updated 20 October 2026.