Kaeo
Kaeo is a name with a single cultural origin: Thai.
- Thai
Meaning & Origin of Kaeo
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kaeo is a name with a single cultural origin: Thai.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Thai
The Story of Kaeo
Kaeo first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1979, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2014: 19 births, good for #4,865 nationwide. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 38% of all recorded Kaeos. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #6,870 among baby boy names with 11 births, falling sharply (-18%). In total, more than 379 Kaeos have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Kaeo
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Kaeo. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Kaew
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About the name Kaeo
Kaeo is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1979 and has accumulated 379 births in the dataset. Kaeo's peak popularity came in 2014 when it ranked #4,865. Use the chart and map above to compare Kaeo's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.