# Kaarlo (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kaarlo/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1919 | 5 | 4,487 |

## People named Kaarlo

- Kaarlo Castrén, Finnish politician and Prime Minister (1860-1938)
- Kaarlo Kangasniemi, Finnish weightlifter
- Kaarlo Maaninka, Finnish long-distance runner
- Kaarlo Koskelo, Finnish wrestler (1888–1953)
- Kaarlo Tuominen, athletics competitor (1908-2006)
- Kaarlo Soinio, Finnish gymnast and footballer (1888-1960)
- Kaarlo Sarkia, Finnish poet
- Kaarlo Bergbom, Finnish theatre director (1843-1906)
- Kaarlo Oksanen, Finnish association football player (1909-1941)
- Kaarlo Linkola, Finnish botanist (1888-1942)
- Aimo Cajander, Finnish forest scientist and politician (1879-1943)
- Lauri Malmberg, Finnish general (1888–1948)

## 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.