Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Chato isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Chato through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 27
- 27 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 10 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1976. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 1975. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 102 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Chato’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Chato, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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>99% boys
Charlton
“from the free man's town”
>99% boys
Tito
“of the giants” · “a great defender”
>99% boys
Chad
“one who is warlike”
>99% boys
Chauncey
“an office holder; keeper of records” · “having good fortune”
>99% boys
Pietro
“as solid and strong as a rock”
>99% boys
Tino
“a man of small stature”
>99% boys
Norberto
“one who shines from the north”
>99% boys