Jairo

What Jairo means

Spanish, meaning “God enlightens”

Spanish variant of the male Biblical Hebrew יָאִיר (ya'ir) (via Ancient Greek Ἰάϊρος (Iáïros) and Latin Iairus), which means "God enlightens".

Source: Wiktionary, “Jairo” (revision 72857868), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Jairo?

US: Steady: #884 in 2015, #935 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2008, when 473 boys got the name (#556 that year). First in the US records in 1950.

How common

• About 1 in 6,805 baby boys in the US 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 NM (1.08 per 1,000 boys), KS (0.5 per 1,000 boys), SC (0.33 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Jairo is #935 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Jairo were boys.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Jari11 US
• Jiaire10 US
• Jiro5 US
• Jayro5 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 Jairo

Boys

• Angel#67Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #67 vs #1,307 in 2025
• Hayden#161“hay + valley”^*
• Diego#158Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #158 vs #444 in 2025
• Gabriel#37Finnish, meaning “God is my strong man, God is my hero”^*
• Riley#207“rye + clearing, meadow”^*
• Kaleb#295“dog”^*

For a sister

• Mariana#260Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #260 vs #1,512 in 2025
• Maggie#294Diminutive of Margaret, meaning “pearl”^*
• Hailey#104“hay + clearing”^*
• Valeria#162“to be healthy, to be strong”^*
• Chloe#23“young green shoot”^*
• Gracie#227Editor’s note Down from #165 in 2015 to #227 in 2025 in the US

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 Jairo’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.