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Cairo

#341 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Cairo city name

Cairo has been given to 9,999 babies in the U.S. since 1979. In 2025 it ranked #341 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 1,101 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 94% boys, 6% girls all-time.

Babies named Cairo, 2025

1 in 3,440

Cairo over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05001K1.5K18801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Cairo over time

In 2025, Cairo went to 4% girls and 96% boys.

19792025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Cairo: meaning, origin, and history

Cairo city name

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Cairo means

Cairo is documented as a given name taken from the city name. That is its immediate naming reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 9,415 boys were recorded with the name Cairo between 1979 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 1,101 in 2022; its best national rank was #306 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #348 in 2020 to #341 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #942 in 2015 to #341 in 2025.

In the United States, 584 girls were recorded with the name Cairo between 1994 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 72 in 2019; its best national rank was #2,456 in 2019.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,027 in 2020 to #4,084 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #12,037 in 2015 to #4,084 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Cairo?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 3,440
965 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 1,770
0.06% of boys
Rank, 2025
#341
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
2,382 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Cairo sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 1003%
School of 50014%

Put another way: gather 2,382 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Cairo. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Cairos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Cairo was born before 2021 — so the typical Cairo is around 4 today.

Median birth year
2021
About 4 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
63.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
98.4%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
9,415
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 63.3% of all recorded uses (5,963).

Is Cairo rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+13
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+7
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+601
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
4.33×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
87.6%
Peak was 2022 (1,101)
Years since peak
3
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
27.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#306
2022

Spellings of Cairo

Cairo is not the most common spelling — Carl is, with 70.4% against Cairo's 1.3%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Cairo is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Cairo was most concentrated in District of Columbia — about 1 in 588 boys, against 1 in 1,903 across all states with data. It was least common in New Mexico (1 in 14,286).

7170 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1District of Columbia1 in 588
  2. 2Maryland1 in 877
  3. 3Georgia1 in 909
  4. 4South Carolina1 in 1,064
  5. 5Connecticut1 in 1,075
  6. 6Nevada1 in 1,099
  7. 7Louisiana1 in 1,111
  8. 8Delaware1 in 1,220

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Cairo is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 74% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Where Cairo is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Cairo was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 20,000 girls, against 1 in 49,125 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).

15 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Georgia1 in 20,000
  2. 2Maryland1 in 20,000
  3. 3New York1 in 33,333
  4. 4California1 in 50,000
  5. 5Texas1 in 50,000
  6. 6Virginia1 in 50,000
  7. 7Florida1 in 100,000
  8. 8Ohio1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Cairo around the world

Where Cairo ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #427
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2018–2025
    #495
    in 2025
  • Ireland
    2023–2024
    #655
    in 2024
  • France
    2025–2025
    #5,669
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2005–2024
    #831
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2005–2012
    #514
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Notable people named Cairo

People whose public names include Cairo, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Cairo by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#341
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 7
Best rank ever
#306
2022
Peak year
2022
1,101 that year
First recorded
1979
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
9,415
Count in 2025
965

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#4,084
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,057
Best rank ever
#2,456
2019
Peak year
2019
72 that year
First recorded
1994
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
584
Count in 2025
35

Names similar to Cairo

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names with a curve like Cairo

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Cairo, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

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Sibling names for Cairo

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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