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

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Peak · boys
2025 · 1,577 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
11,224
since 1995

Kairo over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Kairo has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202018boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,17234#2261,577
2024#3,96337#2381,483
2023#3,42846#2341,491
2022#3,65342#2501,415
2021#4,16734#2631,316
2020#5,16824#2801,195
2019#3,27248#3071,109
2018#8,61712#483608
2017#12,7137#802285
2016#14,3316#1,221153
2015#16,4195#1,81582
2014—#1,97972
2013—#1,94271
2012—#2,71644
2011—#2,74843
2010—#4,09924
2009—#2,89441
2008—#5,24917
2007—#4,12724
2006—#3,38431
2005—#3,94123
2004—#6,13812
2003—#4,61617
2002—#4,91915
2001—#6,9359
2000—#4,06619
1999—#6,5309
1998—#5,84010
1997—#5,64210
1996—#4,61313
1995—#7,7926
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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 2018

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Kairo, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Kairo, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Kairo, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Kairo, so not publishedNHWashington: #536 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,875 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Kairo, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Kairo, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kairo, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #796 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,334 boysMNIllinois: #580 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 3,510 boysILWisconsin: #676 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,289 boysWIMichigan: #801 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 5,737 boysMINew York: #261 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 1,227 boysNYMassachusetts: #517 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,536 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Kairo, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Kairo, so not publishedORNevada: #456 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,194 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Kairo, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kairo, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Kairo, so not publishedIAIndiana: #542 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 3,088 boysINOhio: #730 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 5,210 boysOHPennsylvania: #392 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 2,203 boysPANew Jersey: #533 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 3,347 boysNJConnecticut: #323 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,735 boysCTCalifornia: #492 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 3,177 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Kairo, so not publishedUTColorado: #634 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,685 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Kairo, so not publishedNEMissouri: #679 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,335 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Kairo, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Kairo, so not publishedWVVirginia: #375 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 1,852 boysVAMaryland: #287 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,319 boysMDDelaware: #197 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 644 boysDEArizona: #530 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 3,108 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Kairo, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Kairo, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Kairo, so not publishedARTennessee: #768 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,072 boysTNNorth Carolina: #370 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 1,858 boysNCSouth Carolina: #300 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,306 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Kairo, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Kairo, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #321 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,344 boysLAMississippi: #369 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,623 boysMSAlabama: #454 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,262 boysALGeorgia: #373 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 1,864 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Kairo, so not publishedHITexas: #482 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 2,776 boysTXFlorida: #344 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 1,808 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Delaware#197 · 1 in 644
  2. New York#261 · 1 in 1,227
  3. Maryland#287 · 1 in 1,319
  4. South Carolina#300 · 1 in 1,306
  5. Louisiana#321 · 1 in 1,344

Best ever in a state: #45 in District of Columbia, 2023.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Delaware#19751 in 644
New York#261781 in 1,227
Maryland#287201 in 1,319
South Carolina#300161 in 1,306
Louisiana#321171 in 1,344
Connecticut#32381 in 1,735
Florida#344531 in 1,808
Mississippi#36981 in 1,623
North Carolina#370271 in 1,858
Georgia#373281 in 1,864
Virginia#375221 in 1,852
Pennsylvania#392261 in 2,203
Alabama#454101 in 2,262
Nevada#45661 in 2,194
Texas#482631 in 2,776
California#492651 in 3,177
Massachusetts#51781 in 3,536
Arizona#530111 in 3,108
New Jersey#533121 in 3,347
Washington#536121 in 2,875
Indiana#542111 in 3,088
Illinois#580171 in 3,510
Colorado#63471 in 3,685
Wisconsin#67661 in 4,289
Missouri#67971 in 4,335
Ohio#730111 in 5,210
Tennessee#76871 in 5,072
Minnesota#79651 in 5,334
Michigan#80181 in 5,737
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See more about Kairo
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 12 spots since 2024 (#238 → #226)
  • 54 spots since 2020 (#280 → #226)
  • 1,589 spots since 2015 (#1,815 → #226)
  • Biggest jump: 419 spots in 2017 (#1,221 → #802)
  • Biggest drop: 4 spots in 2024 (#234 → #238)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s48#4,613 (1996)#6,083
2000s208#2,894 (2009)#4,627
2010s2,491#307 (2019)#1,811
2020s8,477#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.

Kairo in 2018

girls
#8,617
12 births · 1 in 141,756 girls
boys
#483
608 births · 1 in 2,987 boys

Top girls' names in 2018

  1. #1Emma18,824
  2. #2Olivia18,061
  3. #3Ava15,034
  4. #4Isabella14,575
  5. #5Sophia14,013
  6. #6Charlotte13,038
  7. #7Mia12,742
  8. #8Amelia12,405
  9. #9Harper10,646
  10. #10Evelyn10,433
  11. #8,617Kairo12

Top boys' names in 2018

  1. #1Liam19,977
  2. #2Noah18,441
  3. #3William14,646
  4. #4James13,650
  5. #5Oliver13,500
  6. #6Benjamin13,488
  7. #7Elijah13,020
  8. #8Lucas12,665
  9. #9Mason12,526
  10. #10Logan12,447
  11. #483Kairo608
More about 2018

girls

1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 141,756 of them was named Kairo, which outranked 52.5% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kairo
  1. #8,146Zonnique13
  2. #8,146Zuriyah13
  3. #8,146Zyaira13
  4. #8,617Kairo12
  5. #8,617Aaila12
  6. #8,617Aalina12
  7. #8,617Aamilah12
  8. #9,151Aaima11
  9. #9,151Aalyah11
  10. #9,151Abbigayle11

Tied with 533 names at #8,617; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. ↑ 680Meghan#1,387 → #707
  2. ↑ 567Dior#1,360 → #793
  3. ↑ 367Palmer#1,042 → #675
  4. ↑ 361Adalee#1,217 → #856
  5. ↑ 346Oaklynn#888 → #542
Fallers
  1. ↓ 334Audrina#847 → #1,181
  2. ↓ 234Courtney#952 → #1,186
  3. ↓ 232Marjorie#938 → #1,170
  4. ↓ 228Anabelle#969 → #1,197
  5. ↓ 225Angelique#799 → #1,024

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 2,987 of them was named Kairo, which outranked 96.6% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kairo
  1. #479Francis610
  2. #479Rocco610
  3. #479Royal610
  4. #483Kairo608
  5. #484Zachariah607
  6. #485Deacon605
  7. #486Skyler603
Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. ↑ 594Genesis#1,575 → #981
  2. ↑ 436Baker#1,149 → #713
  3. ↑ 430Saint#1,287 → #857
  4. ↑ 319Kairo#802 → #483
  5. ↑ 307Watson#1,020 → #713
Fallers
  1. ↓ 235Aaden#893 → #1,128
  2. ↓ 224Dilan#917 → #1,141
  3. ↓ 201Craig#980 → #1,181
  4. ↓ 177Mike#951 → #1,128
  5. ↓ 172Harper#798 → #970

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2018 →