Kairo

#4,172 for girls in 2025, 34 births · #226 for boys in 2025, 1,577 births
Given to boys 97.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
2025 · 1,577 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
11,224
since 1995

Kairo over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Kairo has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202016boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,17234#2261,577
2024#3,96337#2381,483
2023#3,42846#2341,491
2022#3,65342#2501,415
2021#4,16734#2631,316
2020#5,16824#2801,195
2019#3,27248#3071,109
2018#8,61712#483608
2017#12,7137#802285
2016#14,3316#1,221153
2015#16,4195#1,81582
2014#1,97972
2013#1,94271
2012#2,71644
2011#2,74843
2010#4,09924
2009#2,89441
2008#5,24917
2007#4,12724
2006#3,38431
2005#3,94123
2004#6,13812
2003#4,61617
2002#4,91915
2001#6,9359
2000#4,06619
1999#6,5309
1998#5,84010
1997#5,64210
1996#4,61313
1995#7,7926
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First appearance
1995

The first year at least five boys were named Kairo! It came in at #7,792, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1995, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 12 spots since 2024 (#238#226)
  • 54 spots since 2020 (#280#226)
  • 1,589 spots since 2015 (#1,815#226)
  • Biggest jump: 419 spots in 2017 (#1,221#802)
  • Biggest drop: 4 spots in 2024 (#234#238)
Rise & fade · boys
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1995
  • Peaked 2025 at #226 (1,577 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 2017–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,083
  • Highest: 1 in 1,083 boys born in 2025 were named Kairo (0.09%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 75.5% of all boys named Kairo (8,477) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s48#4,613 (1996)#6,083
2000s208#2,894 (2009)#4,627
2010s2,491#307 (2019)#1,811
2020s8,477#226 (2025)#249

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Kairo in 2016

girls
#14,331
6 births · 1 in 295,337 girls
boys
#1,221
153 births · 1 in 12,404 boys

Top girls' names in 2016

  1. #1Emma19,550
  2. #2Olivia19,414
  3. #3Ava16,354
  4. #4Sophia16,185
  5. #5Isabella14,863
  6. #6Mia14,464
  7. #7Charlotte13,118
  8. #8Abigail11,796
  9. #9Emily11,006
  10. #10Amelia10,809
  11. #14,331Kairo6

Top boys' names in 2016

  1. #1Noah19,188
  2. #2Liam18,277
  3. #3William15,810
  4. #4Mason15,287
  5. #5James14,920
  6. #6Benjamin14,686
  7. #7Jacob14,559
  8. #8Michael14,145
  9. #9Elijah13,982
  10. #10Ethan13,855
  11. #1,221Kairo153
More about 2016

girls

1,772,022 girls got a published name in 2016; 1 in 295,337 of them was named Kairo, which outranked 24.1% of the 18,885 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kairo
  1. #12,876Zyair7
  2. #12,876Zyairah7
  3. #12,876Zyanah7
  4. #14,331Kairo6
  5. #14,331Aafiya6
  6. #14,331Aailyah6
  7. #14,331Aalina6
  8. #16,215Aadriti5
  9. #16,215Aafiyah5
  10. #16,215Aaishah5

Tied with 1,883 names at #14,331; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2015
Risers
  1. 2,389Kehlani#3,254#865
  2. 612Royalty#1,146#534
  3. 481Saoirse#1,448#967
  4. 396Ophelia#978#582
  5. 364Aitana#915#551
Fallers
  1. 542Caitlin#610#1,152
  2. 451Caitlyn#598#1,049
  3. 397Katelynn#652#1,049
  4. 382Kaitlynn#989#1,371
  5. 340Neriah#946#1,286

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 12,404 of them was named Kairo, which outranked 91.4% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kairo
  1. #1,216Niam155
  2. #1,219Marcello154
  3. #1,219Marcellus154
  4. #1,221Kairo153
  5. #1,221Addison153
  6. #1,221Ander153
  7. #1,221Bjorn153
  8. #1,229Benedict152
  9. #1,229Kaisen152
  10. #1,229Neal152

Tied with 7 names at #1,221; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2015
Risers
  1. 2,327Kylo#3,231#904
  2. 355Creed#1,340#985
  3. 349Benicio#1,327#978
  4. 303Adonis#698#395
  5. 291Fox#1,035#744
Fallers
  1. 477Jonael#922#1,399
  2. 238Aaden#784#1,022
  3. 233Triston#950#1,183
  4. 223Freddy#993#1,216
  5. 207Chace#934#1,141

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2016