Given name & surname
Kado
“from the gateway”
Kado is used as a given name and a surname. One Japanese interpretation is “from the gateway.”
Original Japanese門
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Japanese interpretation is “from the gateway.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Japanese.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2009. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kado through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 104
- 104 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 15 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #12,924 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +50%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 12,924 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 420 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.
Kado’s family of names
In Breton usage, Kado has a related form in KADEG. Kado has a related form in Kadoe. Kado has a related form in Kadow.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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