Cairo Boy
How popular is Cairo?
#341 boy name in 2025
965 baby boys were named Cairo in the US in 2025, making it the 341st most popular boy name. Another 35 girls got the name (#4,066 for girls).
Cairo popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #341 for boys (▲ 13 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 965 boys, 35 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+333% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #942 in 2015, #348 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (1,101 boys) |
| Highest rank | #306 in 2022 |
| First recorded | 1979 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 95% boys, 5% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.7% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Cairo counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Kairo family of names ranked #151 for boys in 2025 (#162 the year before), with 2,592 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kairo | 1,577 | 61% |
| Cairo | 965 | 37% |
| Kairoh | 33 | 1% |
| Kayro | 6 | 0% |
| Qairo | 11 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Cairo is most popular
Babies named Cairo per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- District of Columbia: 3.0 per 1,000 (45 boys)
- Maryland: 1.5 per 1,000 (175 boys)
- Georgia: 1.4 per 1,000 (360 boys)
- Delaware: 1.4 per 1,000 (21 boys)
- Nevada: 1.3 per 1,000 (75 boys)
Cairo by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1980s | 18 | #6,222 |
| 1990s | 97 | #4,015 |
| 2000s | 344 | #2,251 |
| 2010s | 2,987 | #342 |
| 2020s | 5,963 | #306 |
Boy names about as popular as Cairo
Questions
- Is Cairo a boy or girl name?
- Cairo is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 95% of babies named Cairo were boys.
- How popular is the name Cairo?
- 965 baby boys were named Cairo in the US in 2025, making it the 341st most popular boy name. Another 35 girls got the name (#4,066 for girls).
- When was Cairo most popular?
- Cairo peaked in 2022, when 1,101 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #306 in 2022.
- How many people are named Cairo?
- 9,999 babies have been named Cairo in the US since 1880. We estimate about 9,953 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 5.
- Where is Cairo most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Cairo was most common in District of Columbia, at 3.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.