Kairo

What Kairo means

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

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1995, with 6 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Kairo?

US: Rising: up from #1815 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #656 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 1,577 boys got the name (#226 that year). First in the US records in 1995.

How common

• About 1 in 1,083 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,454 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,182 baby boys 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 DC (4.75 per 1,000 boys), DE (3.73 per 1,000 boys), MD (2.66 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Kairo is #226 in the US and #249 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 97.9% of US babies named Kairo were boys.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Cairo965 US · 93 E&W
• Kyro463 US · 97 E&W
• Kairi42 US · 7 E&W
• Kairoh33 US
• Kaior27 US
• Kiro25 US
• Kari23 US
• Kairee21 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 Kairo

Boys

• River#111From the word “river”^*
• Mateo#8Same root as Matthew, meaning “gift of the Lord”^*
• Callum#118Variant of Calum, meaning “dove”^*
• Bowen#266“son of Owen”^*
• Ezekiel#61“God strengthens”^*
• Muhammad#239“praised, commendable, laudable”^*

For a sister

• Aitana#211Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #915 in 2015, #211 in 2025
• Noa#226Hawaiian, meaning “commoner, free man”^*
• Josie#82Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #250 in 2015, #82 in 2025
• Maeve#76“intoxicating”^*
• Ivy#39From the word “ivy”^*
• Eliza#115Editor’s note Up from #175 in 2015 to #115 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 Kairo’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.