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Cato

Boy · Latin

Cato

Say it: KAY-toh

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Meaning

From the Roman family name Cato, probably from Latin catus 'shrewd, wise'.

Likelythe main view, with some doubt.

Wise

One of the Roman names, like Caesar and Pompey, frequently given to enslaved men in the 18th century.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

02040608018801900192019401960198020002020Peak 1891per million babies of that sex
  • 492 babies given this name since 1880
  • At its height in 1880, about 1 in 18,400 boys
  • 34 babies in 2020

Through the ages

  1. The Colonial Americas1500 to 1800
  2. The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837

Used by

African AmericanAmerican

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Where this comes from

  • Colonial records of the Americas
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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