Given name
Kaliko
“the”·“bud”
Kaliko is a masculine given name from Hawaiian. It is used in Hawaiian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kaliko is built from elements meaning “the” and “bud”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2017. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kaliko through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 46
- 46 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −16%
- Easing
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
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