# Cato (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/cato/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkeɪ.toʊ/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 675 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 675 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 50, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Cato. A cognomen made particularly famous by Cato the Elder and Younger, members of the gens Porcia.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 8,889 |
| 2012 | 13 | 6,373 |
| 2013 | 15 | 5,708 |
| 2014 | 19 | 4,909 |
| 2015 | 23 | 4,314 |
| 2016 | 18 | 5,168 |
| 2017 | 21 | 4,620 |
| 2018 | 32 | 3,461 |
| 2019 | 27 | 3,909 |
| 2020 | 34 | 3,280 |
| 2021 | 37 | 3,191 |
| 2022 | 38 | 3,165 |
| 2023 | 23 | 4,480 |
| 2024 | 40 | 3,057 |
| 2025 | 45 | 2,804 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 3 | 3,134 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2016 | 7 | 2,804 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3,523 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.