Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Cato

#6,099 most common boys' name of all time · #15,194 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#6,099
Rank overall
#15,194 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
675
Since 2016
315
Peak year
2025 #2,798
Best rank
#738 1891
Girls Boys peak 45/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Cato is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 45 45 #2,798
2024 — 40 40 #3,047
2023 — 23 23 #4,461
2022 — 38 38 #3,152
2021 — 37 37 #3,184
2020 — 34 34 #3,276
2019 — 27 27 #3,903
2018 — 32 32 #3,448
2017 — 21 21 #4,597
2016 — 18 18 #5,131
2015 — 23 23 #4,302
2014 — 19 19 #4,875
2013 — 15 15 #5,667
2012 — 13 13 #6,315
2011 — 8 8 #8,782
2010 — 14 14 #6,042
2009 — 9 9 #8,318
2008 — 5 5 #12,590
2007 — 6 6 #10,943
2006 — 10 10 #7,446
2004 — 9 9 #7,562
2003 — 7 7 #8,657
2002 — 7 7 #8,481
2000 — 5 5 #10,375
1995 — 6 6 #7,819
1993 — 5 5 #8,731
1989 — 7 7 #6,250
1986 — 6 6 #5,957
1980 — 5 5 #6,294
1979 — 5 5 #6,106
1978 — 7 7 #4,576
1976 — 5 5 #5,628
1968 — 6 6 #3,703
1959 — 5 5 #4,027
1953 — 6 6 #3,451
1950 — 5 5 #3,715
1949 — 7 7 #3,038
1945 — 5 5 #3,380
1944 — 8 8 #2,663
1941 — 8 8 #2,692
1939 — 5 5 #3,521
1938 — 5 5 #3,564
1929 — 6 6 #3,586
1925 — 6 6 #3,765
1923 — 7 7 #3,489
1922 — 6 6 #3,886
1921 — 10 10 #2,824
1920 — 6 6 #3,835
1919 — 7 7 #3,413
1918 — 7 7 #3,388
1917 — 11 11 #2,439
1916 — 7 7 #3,197
1915 — 5 5 #3,856
1913 — 6 6 #2,525
1911 — 6 6 #1,571
1891 — 8 8 #738
1880 — 6 6 #845