Capri

What Capri means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Capri yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,372 in 2015, #546 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Capri?

US: Rising: up from #1372 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #5730 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 551 girls got the name (#546 that year). First in the US records in 1953.

How common

• About 1 in 2,917 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 19,483 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 3,578 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in RI (2.45 per 1,000 girls), NH (1.32 per 1,000 girls), UT (1.05 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Capri is #546 in the US and #2138 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 98.4% of US babies named Capri were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Kapri142 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Capri

Girls

• Aurelia#290“golden”^*
• June#150From the word “name”^*
• Elsie#123Diminutive of Alison, meaning “of noble kind”^*
• Ariella#174Form of Ariel, meaning “lion of God”^*
• Everleigh#194“wild boar + woodland clearing”^*
• Elowyn#299Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #2,619 in 2015, #299 in 2025

For a brother

• Nico#174Diminutive of Nicholas, meaning “victory + people”^*
• Felix#175“happy, lucky”^*
• Brooks#64Variant of Brook, meaning “swamp, marsh”^*
• Graham#120“gravel + homestead”^*
• Shiloh#278Editor’s note Used for both: 53% of US babies named Shiloh in 2025 were boys
• Callan#190“descendant of Cathalán”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Capri’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.