Cairo
- #4,067 for girls in 2025, 35 births
- #341 for boys in 2025, 965 births
- Given to boys 94.2% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2022 · 1,101 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,415since 1979
Cairo over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,067 | 35 | #341 | 965 |
| 2024 | #3,892 | 38 | #354 | 949 |
| 2023 | #3,329 | 48 | #331 | 1,010 |
| 2022 | #2,956 | 56 | #306 | 1,101 |
| 2021 | #2,558 | 68 | #325 | 1,020 |
| 2020 | #3,015 | 53 | #348 | 918 |
| 2019 | #2,451 | 72 | #342 | 976 |
| 2018 | #4,662 | 29 | #522 | 543 |
| 2017 | #7,840 | 14 | #638 | 404 |
| 2016 | #7,230 | 16 | #844 | 267 |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | #942 | 223 |
| 2014 | #8,053 | 14 | #1,102 | 173 |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | #1,149 | 157 |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 | #1,523 | 105 |
| 2011 | #9,150 | 12 | #1,635 | 93 |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #2,632 | 46 |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | #2,252 | 58 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #2,717 | 45 |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 | #3,135 | 36 |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | #2,398 | 51 |
| 2005 | — | #2,614 | 42 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,735 | 24 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,732 | 23 | |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #3,909 | 21 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #4,121 | 19 |
| 2000 | #9,874 | 9 | #3,299 | 25 |
| 1999 | #10,345 | 8 | #5,035 | 13 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | #4,019 | 17 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #6,100 | 9 |
| 1996 | #6,723 | 13 | #4,613 | 13 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | #5,501 | 10 |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | — | #7,638 | 6 | |
| 1992 | — | #6,670 | 7 | |
| 1991 | — | #7,271 | 6 | |
| 1990 | — | #6,415 | 7 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,229 | 7 | |
| 1988 | — | #6,426 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1979
The first year at least five boys were named Cairo! It came in at #5,355, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1980–1987, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Cairo is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- District of Columbia#82 · 1 in 253
- Delaware#126 · 1 in 368
- Rhode Island#177 · 1 in 521
- Georgia#185 · 1 in 761
- Maryland#189 · 1 in 716
Best ever in a state: #65 in District of Columbia, 2021.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #82 | 10 | 1 in 253 |
| Delaware | #126 | 8 | 1 in 368 |
| Rhode Island | #177 | 6 | 1 in 521 |
| Georgia | #185 | 66 | 1 in 761 |
| Maryland | #189 | 32 | 1 in 716 |
| Louisiana | #211 | 24 | 1 in 797 |
| Florida | #215 | 99 | 1 in 965 |
| Virginia | #237 | 36 | 1 in 1,035 |
| South Carolina | #243 | 23 | 1 in 922 |
| North Carolina | #260 | 48 | 1 in 1,072 |
| Connecticut | #281 | 11 | 1 in 1,201 |
| New York | #282 | 66 | 1 in 1,279 |
| Pennsylvania | #290 | 39 | 1 in 1,340 |
| Nevada | #299 | 10 | 1 in 1,129 |
| New Jersey | #313 | 27 | 1 in 1,473 |
| Ohio | #320 | 36 | 1 in 1,459 |
| Texas | #326 | 114 | 1 in 1,536 |
| Illinois | #334 | 32 | 1 in 1,549 |
| Massachusetts | #335 | 16 | 1 in 1,689 |
| Kentucky | #375 | 13 | 1 in 1,580 |
| Mississippi | #415 | 7 | 1 in 1,548 |
| Alabama | #422 | 12 | 1 in 1,793 |
| Arizona | #432 | 17 | 1 in 1,925 |
| Nebraska | #432 | 5 | 1 in 1,764 |
| Missouri | #439 | 14 | 1 in 1,986 |
| Indiana | #452 | 15 | 1 in 2,111 |
| Michigan | #461 | 18 | 1 in 2,233 |
| California | #472 | 67 | 1 in 2,619 |
| Minnesota | #477 | 11 | 1 in 2,227 |
| Tennessee | #520 | 14 | 1 in 2,626 |
| Wisconsin | #523 | 9 | 1 in 2,604 |
| Colorado | #535 | 10 | 1 in 2,685 |
| Iowa | #571 | 5 | 1 in 2,766 |
| Kansas | #590 | 5 | 1 in 2,809 |
| Washington | #801 | 7 | 1 in 4,685 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Cairo
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 7 spots since 2020 (#348 → #341)
- Biggest jump: 206 spots in 2017
- Biggest drop: 25 spots in 2023
Rise & fade · boys
43 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1979
- Peaked 2022 at #306 (1,101 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 2015–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,586
- Highest: 1 in 1,586 boys born in 2022 were named Cairo (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,770 boys born in 2025 (0.06%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 63.3% of all boys named Cairo (5,963) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1997
- Mostly girls until 1996, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 6 | #5,355 (1979) | #5,355 |
| 1980s | 18 | #6,229 (1989) | #6,302 |
| 1990s | 97 | #4,019 (1998) | #5,913 |
| 2000s | 344 | #2,252 (2009) | #3,191 |
| 2010s | 2,987 | #342 (2019) | #1,133 |
| 2020s | 5,963 | #306 (2022) | #334 |
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.
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