Kato

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Kato: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Kato: Recorded since 1947, with a gap of 13 years, it reached #282 in 1954, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
35times a registrar ranked it
78years from first to last
#282highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Kato's record

Absent from every published list for 13 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2020–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2020	#4608
2024	#5119

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 33 of the 60 years from 1947 to 2006.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1947–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1947
First recorded at #371 among boys in Norway in 1947 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1947–2006
Highest recorded position: #282 among boys in Norway, in 1954 (recorded 1947–2006).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Kato appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 33 years beginning in 1947, and has registered 206 births with the name.

Kato across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Kato's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#371 (1947)	#282 (1954)	#504 (2006)	33 of 60	206 (1947–2006)	10 (1974)
England and Wales · Boys	#4608 (2020)	#4608 (2020)	#5119 (2024)	2 of 5	6 (2020–2024)	3 (2020)

Kato by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Kato in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	8	2 of 10	4
1950s	35	6 of 10	6
1960s	51	8 of 10	6
1970sbusiest	66	9 of 10	7
1980s	25	4 of 10	6
1990s	12	2 of 10	6
2000s	9	2 of 10	5

Across Norway · Boys, the 1970s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Kato appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1947 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #282 in Norway in 1954.

Kato's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#504	5	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#553	4	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#513	5	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#447	7	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#512	7	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#537	6	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#589	5	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#501	7	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#581	5	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#511	6	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#487	7	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#464	8	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#411	10	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#471	7	High	Verified
1972	Norway	male	#475	7	High	Verified
1971	Norway	male	#449	8	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#425	8	High	Verified
1969	Norway	male	#450	7	High	Verified
1968	Norway	male	#545	4	High	Verified
1967	Norway	male	#371	9	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#428	7	High	Verified
1965	Norway	male	#451	6	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#371	9	High	Verified
1963	Norway	male	#484	5	High	Verified
1962	Norway	male	#496	4	High	Verified
1959	Norway	male	#390	6	High	Verified
1955	Norway	male	#367	6	High	Verified
1954	Norway	male	#282	9	High	Verified
1953	Norway	male	#388	4	High	Verified
1952	Norway	male	#364	5	High	Verified
1950	Norway	male	#358	5	High	Verified
1948	Norway	male	#361	4	High	Verified
1947	Norway	male	#371	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1947 and 2024, ranked in 35 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #282, first reached in 1954.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 10 births, registered in Norway in 1974.

Its record falls into 15 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 13 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2020, and 73 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Katlin · #498, 13y
Katlyn · #213, 19y
Katriel · #4684, 10y
Katrin · #182, 60y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Dejan · #284, 37y
Isha · #280, 30y
Ruta · #280, 37y
Sion · #285, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Fatma · #282, 68y
Edit · #283, 13y
Vilhelm · #283, 27y
Ingve · #284, 42y

Kato was ranked #282 in Norway · Boys in 1954. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Kato and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Kato without appearing here.

Kato moved ahead of

Ronald Compare
In 1986 they stood at #589 and #396 in Norway · Boys; by 1987 that had become #537 and #639.
Stig Compare
In 2005 they stood at #553 and #223 in Norway · Boys; by 2006 that had become #504 and #563.
Raymond Compare
In 2005 they stood at #553 and #336 in Norway · Boys; by 2006 that had become #504 and #560.
Jason Compare
In 1993 they stood at #537 and #495 in Norway · Boys; by 1994 that had become #447 and #484.

Moved ahead of Kato

Sondre Compare
In 1970 they stood at #425 and #510 in Norway · Boys; by 1971 that had become #449 and #220.
Theodor Compare
In 1993 they stood at #512 and #563 in Norway · Boys; by 1994 that had become #447 and #229.
Scott Compare
In 1997 they stood at #447 and #461 in Norway · Boys; by 1998 that had become #513 and #304.
Stian Compare
In 1961 they stood at #390 and #403 in Norway · Boys; by 1962 that had become #496 and #293.

Moved the opposite way to Kato

Benjamin Compare
Between 1950 and 2006 in Norway · Boys, Kato went from #358 to #504 while Benjamin went from #345 to #16.
Isak Compare
Between 1950 and 2006 in Norway · Boys, Kato went from #358 to #504 while Isak went from #281 to #27.
Mats Compare
Between 1950 and 2006 in Norway · Boys, Kato went from #358 to #504 while Mats went from #363 to #59.
Oscar Compare
Between 1950 and 2006 in Norway · Boys, Kato went from #358 to #504 while Oscar went from #369 to #54.

Moved the same way as Kato

Andrew Compare
Between 1947 and 2000 in Norway · Boys, Kato went from #371 to #553 and Andrew from #311 to #487.
Frode Compare
Between 1947 and 2000 in Norway · Boys, Kato went from #371 to #553 and Frode from #106 to #418.
Geir Compare
Between 1947 and 2000 in Norway · Boys, Kato went from #371 to #553 and Geir from #55 to #259.
Kåre Compare
Between 1947 and 2000 in Norway · Boys, Kato went from #371 to #553 and Kåre from #23 to #555.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1947 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #282 in Norway in 1954. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Kato

Kato at a glance

What stands out in Kato's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Kato across 2 official records

Kato by decade in Norway · Boys

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Kato at a glance

What stands out in Kato's record

Kato across 2 official records

Kato by decade in Norway · Boys

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Kato

Kato and the names beside it

Kato moved ahead of

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