Kairo
- #4,172 for girls in 2025, 34 births
- #226 for boys in 2025, 1,577 births
- Given to boys 97.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 1,577 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 11,224since 1995
Kairo over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Kairo has never cracked the top 200 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #4,172 | 34 | #226 | 1,577 |
| 2024 | #3,963 | 37 | #238 | 1,483 |
| 2023 | #3,428 | 46 | #234 | 1,491 |
| 2022 | #3,653 | 42 | #250 | 1,415 |
| 2021 | #4,167 | 34 | #263 | 1,316 |
| 2020 | #5,168 | 24 | #280 | 1,195 |
| 2019 | #3,272 | 48 | #307 | 1,109 |
| 2018 | #8,617 | 12 | #483 | 608 |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 | #802 | 285 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #1,221 | 153 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #1,815 | 82 |
| 2014 | — | #1,979 | 72 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,942 | 71 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,716 | 44 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,748 | 43 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,099 | 24 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,894 | 41 | |
| 2008 | — | #5,249 | 17 | |
| 2007 | — | #4,127 | 24 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,384 | 31 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,941 | 23 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,138 | 12 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,616 | 17 | |
| 2002 | — | #4,919 | 15 | |
| 2001 | — | #6,935 | 9 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,066 | 19 | |
| 1999 | — | #6,530 | 9 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,840 | 10 | |
| 1997 | — | #5,642 | 10 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,613 | 13 | |
| 1995 | — | #7,792 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1995
The first year at least five boys were named Kairo! It came in at #7,792, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1995, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
Where Kairo 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#66 · 1 in 211
- Maryland#90 · 1 in 375
- Delaware#93 · 1 in 268
- Georgia#102 · 1 in 452
- Virginia#116 · 1 in 510
Best ever in a state: #45 in District of Columbia, 2023.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #66 | 12 | 1 in 211 |
| Maryland | #90 | 61 | 1 in 375 |
| Delaware | #93 | 11 | 1 in 268 |
| Georgia | #102 | 111 | 1 in 452 |
| Virginia | #116 | 73 | 1 in 510 |
| South Carolina | #120 | 44 | 1 in 482 |
| North Carolina | #145 | 88 | 1 in 585 |
| New Jersey | #147 | 66 | 1 in 603 |
| Florida | #148 | 146 | 1 in 654 |
| Connecticut | #157 | 22 | 1 in 600 |
| New York | #158 | 121 | 1 in 698 |
| Nevada | #160 | 19 | 1 in 594 |
| Louisiana | #174 | 29 | 1 in 660 |
| Pennsylvania | #196 | 64 | 1 in 817 |
| Massachusetts | #197 | 32 | 1 in 844 |
| Rhode Island | #200 | 5 | 1 in 625 |
| Ohio | #222 | 59 | 1 in 890 |
| Alabama | #232 | 24 | 1 in 897 |
| New Mexico | #236 | 8 | 1 in 813 |
| Illinois | #254 | 44 | 1 in 1,126 |
| Texas | #261 | 151 | 1 in 1,159 |
| Arizona | #272 | 29 | 1 in 1,128 |
| Michigan | #280 | 35 | 1 in 1,148 |
| Mississippi | #281 | 11 | 1 in 985 |
| California | #297 | 124 | 1 in 1,415 |
| Tennessee | #372 | 22 | 1 in 1,671 |
| Wisconsin | #374 | 14 | 1 in 1,674 |
| Idaho | #377 | 6 | 1 in 1,438 |
| Kansas | #386 | 9 | 1 in 1,561 |
| Colorado | #420 | 14 | 1 in 1,918 |
| Kentucky | #422 | 11 | 1 in 1,867 |
| Oklahoma | #426 | 10 | 1 in 1,768 |
| Minnesota | #446 | 12 | 1 in 2,042 |
| Indiana | #452 | 15 | 1 in 2,111 |
| Missouri | #457 | 13 | 1 in 2,139 |
| Utah | #473 | 9 | 1 in 2,185 |
| Oregon | #474 | 7 | 1 in 2,151 |
| Washington | #474 | 15 | 1 in 2,187 |
| Arkansas | #555 | 5 | 1 in 2,517 |
| Iowa | #571 | 5 | 1 in 2,766 |
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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 Kairo
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 54 spots since 2020 (#280 → #226)
- Biggest jump: 419 spots in 2017
- Biggest drop: 4 spots in 2024
Rise & fade · boys
30 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1995
- Peaked 2025 at #226 (1,577 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 9 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 2017–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,083
- Highest: 1 in 1,083 boys born in 2025 were named Kairo (0.09%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 75.5% of all boys named Kairo (8,477) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 48 | #4,613 (1996) | #6,083 |
| 2000s | 208 | #2,894 (2009) | #4,627 |
| 2010s | 2,491 | #307 (2019) | #1,811 |
| 2020s | 8,477 | #226 (2025) | #249 |
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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