Kaito
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/kɑitoʊ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Kaito is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Japan than in any other country.
- JPJapan≈1 in 3.9K(inferred from the name graph)
- FIFinland1 in 253K
- CHSwitzerland≈1 in 255K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Japan (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 90 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.9K (inferred from the name graph)
≈32,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Japan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Often considered alongside
Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Kaito, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.
From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kaito counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP Japan | #706 | ≈32,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.9K | — | Kaito | 90 |
| CN China | — | ≈2,200 est. | ≈1 in 646K | — | Kaito | 11 |
| US United States | — | 771 | 1 in 431K | 768 | Kaito | 63 |
| BR Brazil | — | 117 | 1 in 1.8M | 125 | — | 2 |
| MY Malaysia | — | ≈90 est. | ≈1 in 363K | — | Kaito | 11 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈86 est. | ≈1 in 297K | 1 | Kaito | 24 |
| CH Switzerland | — | ≈33 est. | ≈1 in 255K | — | Kaito | 6 |
| FI Finland | — | 22 | 1 in 253K | 40 | — | 2 |
| EE Estonia | — | ≈3 est. | ≈1 in 352K | 7 | — | — |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA); DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register); DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Kaito is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, A small motorized ferry or sampan that serves mostly remote islands.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In bik, previously, formerly
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In dag, an expression of contempt
as a wordDagbani Dictionary CD
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Kaito Yamamotob. 1985JPJapanese association football player
- Kaito Ishikawab. 1993JPJapanese voice actor
- Kaito Streetsb. 1994JPJapanese fencer
- Kaito Goyab. 1997JPbaseball player (1997-)
- Kaito Miyachikab. 1997JPJapanese singer
- Kaito Ōwadab. 1998JPJapanese actor
- Kaito Usamib. 1999JPJapanese actor
- Kaito Nakashimab. 2000JPJapanese actor and model
- Kaito Ōyagib. 2000JPJapanese child actor
- Kaito Suzukib. 2002JPJapanese association football player (born 2002)
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 41 sources across 23 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 768 | #15,054 |
| BR Brazil | Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA) | — | 125 | #16,090 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 117 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 116 | #36,897 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 116 | #33,769 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 71 | — |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 40 | #7,770 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2020 | 30 | — |
| FI Finland | DVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register) | — | 22 | — |
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 10 | #43,034 |
| EE Estonia | Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed) | — | 7 | #2,653 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 3 | #15,054 |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Kaito?
- A machine transcription gives /kɑitoʊ/ (IPA) for Japanese.
- Is Kaito a male or female name?
- Kaito is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Kaito have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 32 thousand people named Kaito in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kaito.
- How common is the name Kaito?
- In the United States, the national register counted 771 people named Kaito in 2020, about 1 in 431 thousand residents.
- How common is Kaito compared with other names?
- In Japan, Kaito is the 706th most common given name of 366,905 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Kaito?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kaitoThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kaito” — the 706th most common given name in Japan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.