Given name & surname
Kaleo
“the”·“voice, tune”
Kaleo is a masculine given name from Hawaiian. It is used in Hawaiian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kaleo is built from elements meaning “the” and “voice, tune”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kaleo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,257
- 2,252 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 270 babies
- 2025
- 270
- #898 for boys · #16,043 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +79%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 265 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 898 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 77.6% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. It also appeared in 5 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (52). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,321 as a first name in 2020; 138 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.
Kaleo’s family of names
Kaleo may belong to the same name family as KALLEO. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
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99% boys · 1% girls
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