Kado

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Kado by the numbers

Kado was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 10 babies in 2012, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Kado

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Kado. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Kaeoof the earth18 in the US (2017)
  • Kayorespectful; a form of Kayō4 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Kanoto catch; to seize8 in the US (2017)
  • Kalotaro plant7 in the US (2017)
  • Kade756 in the US (2017)
  • Kato30 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Kado

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