Fun Facts About the Name Kaleo
- More than 2 thousand babies named Kaleo: U.S. records list 2,255 babies given the name Kaleo from 1880 through 2025. Even 5 girls received the name Kaleo - about 1 girl for every 450 boys.
What Does the Name Kaleo Mean?
Kaleo is a Hawaiian name meaning "the voice" or "the sound." It is formed from two Hawaiian elements: the definite article ka, meaning "the," and leo, meaning "voice, sound, tone." In ordinary Hawaiian, the phrase ka leo means "the voice"; written together as a single word, Kaleo serves as a personal name. Because Hawaiian names are commonly built from everyday vocabulary rather than from a set of fixed traditional name-stems, the meaning here is the literal sense of the words combined, not a symbolic or later reinterpretation.
Kaleo Name History & Origins
Kaleo comes from the Hawaiian language, the Polynesian language spoken in the Hawaiian Islands. Hawaiian naming often draws on common words and short phrases, especially those that describe a person, an event, or a quality associated with a birth, and the pattern of article-plus-noun seen in Kaleo fits that custom. The name is used within Hawaii and, more recently, among Hawaiian families and others on the United States mainland.
The Icelandic rock band Kaleo shares the same spelling, but that is a separate name with its own background and should not be confused with the Hawaiian given name. No evidence connects the two. Related Hawaiian names that also use the element leo exist, such as Leolani, but they have their own formations and meanings.
How Popular is the Name Kaleo?
Kaleo recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2025. Its best rank was #898 in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #16,043 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #898 | 265 | 0.0155% |
| 2024 | #1,103 | 194 | 0.0113% |
| 2023 | #1,352 | 140 | 0.0082% |
| 2022 | #1,370 | 137 | 0.0079% |
| 2021 | #1,492 | 120 | 0.0069% |
| 2020 | #1,507 | 112 | 0.0065% |
| 2019 | #1,556 | 108 | 0.0060% |
| 2018 | #1,635 | 100 | 0.0055% |
| 2017 | #1,754 | 88 | 0.0048% |
| 2016 | #1,948 | 75 | 0.0040% |
| 2015 | #2,264 | 59 | 0.0031% |
| 2014 | #2,445 | 52 | 0.0027% |
| 2013 | #2,054 | 66 | 0.0035% |
| 2012 | #2,179 | 61 | 0.0032% |
| 2011 | #2,424 | 52 | 0.0027% |
| 2010 | #2,663 | 46 | 0.0024% |
| 2009 | #2,638 | 47 | 0.0024% |
| 2008 | #2,737 | 45 | 0.0022% |
| 2007 | #2,741 | 44 | 0.0021% |
| 2006 | #3,123 | 35 | 0.0017% |
| 2005 | #2,871 | 37 | 0.0019% |
| 2004 | #3,804 | 24 | 0.0012% |
| 2003 | #3,159 | 30 | 0.0015% |
| 2002 | #3,859 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 2001 | #2,404 | 41 | 0.0021% |
| 2000 | #4,295 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1999 | #3,231 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 1998 | #4,768 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1997 | #4,150 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1996 | #4,752 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1995 | #6,174 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1994 | #4,013 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1993 | #8,144 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1992 | #5,884 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1991 | #6,904 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #4,285 | 13 | 0.0006% |
| 1988 | #5,460 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1987 | #4,095 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1986 | #7,271 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1985 | #4,929 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1984 | #4,384 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1982 | #5,315 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1981 | #3,734 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1980 | #4,728 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1979 | #6,534 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1978 | #6,284 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1976 | #6,031 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1975 | #5,125 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1974 | #5,607 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1973 | #4,803 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1971 | #5,285 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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