Kairo

Origin: Arabic — From Arabic al-Qāhira, the victorious · Spelling of Cairo · place name

Boy's name · #226 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Kairo is climbing: on the charts since 1995, it reached #226 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet, with about 1,600 boys given the name last year. Roughly 11,000 have carried it all-time.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 41 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#139 in New Zealand (2025) · #141 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #249 in England & Wales (2025) · #368 in N. Ireland (2025) · #376 in Scotland (2025) · #486 in Ireland (2025) · #716 in Ecuador (2025) · #1,403 in Switzerland (2025) · #463 in Canada (2024).

Famous Kairos

Kairo Mitchell — Grenadian association football player (born 1997)
Kairo Coore — Canadian soccer player (born 2001)
Kairo McLean — Canadian reggae musician

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Cairo (#341), Kairo would rank around #141 with about 2,500 births last year — the newborns split about 62/38 between Kairo and Cairo.

Similar names: Cairo · Baker · Kayce · Leandro · Zayn · Kanan

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