Baby Name Popularity Profile

Kairo

Data-driven SSA statistics, rankings, and historical trends for Kairo.

✦ Victorious 🌍 Arabic, English Modern Virtue
National Rank (2025) #226
All-Time Peak Rank #226 Achieved 2025
Total U.S. Births 11,224 since 1880
Unisex Distribution 97.4% Boy / 2.6% Girl Overwhelmingly Male
Girl Rank (2025) Unranked rare/no Girl usage
First Recorded 1995 Data through: 2025
Peak Decade 2020s 1,577 births in 2025
💡 The Kairo Vibe: Considered a Rising Star. A high-velocity modern choice demonstrating rapid, sustained growth in recent registries.

🌍 Meaning & Etymology

Primary Meaning Victorious
Language Origin Arabic, English
Origin Type multiple
Modern English variant of Cairo, the capital city of Egypt. The city's Arabic name, Al-Qahirah, means 'the victorious'.
Common Nicknames
Kai Ro
Alternative Spellings
Cairo Kairoh
Pronunciation: KY-roh
Themes & Categories
Modern Virtue
Etymology confidence: High

📊 Popularity Over Time (1880 – 2025)

Annual registration volume (number of births) for Kairo across 146 years of SSA data.

Historical Timeline (1880 - 2025)
18801920196020002025
Recent Decade (2015 - 2025)
5-Year Trend (2020–2025) +32.0%
10-Year Trend (2015–2025) +1823.2%
2015: 82 births 82 2016: 153 births 2017: 285 births 2018: 608 births 2019: 1,109 births 2020: 1,195 births 1,195 2021: 1,316 births 2022: 1,415 births 2023: 1,491 births 2024: 1,483 births 2025: 1,577 births 1,577
2015 2020 2025

📈 Popularity Milestones

Busiest Year on Record 1,577 births in 2025
Years in Top 100 0 yrs
Years in Top 500 8 yrs
Longest Streak 31 yrs
Decade-by-Decade Registration Volumes
1880s: 0
1890s: 0
1900s: 0
1910s: 0
1920s: 0
1930s: 0
1940s: 0
1950s: 0
1960s: 0
1970s: 0
1980s: 0
1990s: 48
2000s: 208
2010s: 2,491
2020s: 8,477

📐 Sound & Spelling Structure

Phonetic Syllables Kai-o
Letter Count 5 letters
Spelling Complexity Moderate
Length Percentile Longer than 7.7% of names
Linguistic Profile: It is an isogram, meaning no two letters are repeated. Longer than 7.7% of SSA names. Starts with K, a letter used by only 7.8% of SSA names.

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📍 Authentic State & Regional Rankings

Highest Ranking State Nevada
Top States Nevada, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Maryland
States with Data 44
State 2025 Rank Total Births Peak Year 5-Yr Velocity
Nevada #165 123 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Delaware #98 63 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Florida #149 1,012 2024 +40.4% Growth
Georgia #104 746 2021 +68.2% Growth
Maryland #91 388 2022 +84.8% Growth
District of Columbia #69 88 2023 Insufficient historical volume
North Carolina #147 530 2025 +41.9% Growth
South Carolina #124 260 2025 +69.2% Growth
Virginia #116 393 2025 +65.9% Growth
Connecticut #160 178 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Arizona #277 169 2025 Insufficient historical volume
New Jersey #148 374 2025 +57.1% Growth
New York #158 1,020 2022 5.5% Decline
Texas #263 992 2023 +24.8% Growth
Louisiana #179 232 2021 +11.5% Growth
California #300 955 2022 +17.0% Growth
Massachusetts #197 203 2025 +28.0% Growth
Alabama #234 151 2021 Insufficient historical volume
Pennsylvania #198 438 2022 +16.4% Growth
Rhode Island #218 29 2021 Insufficient historical volume
Colorado #428 92 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Tennessee #376 163 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Washington #484 123 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Illinois #256 338 2021 +4.8% Growth
Ohio #223 289 2025 +51.3% Growth
Hawaii Unranked 19 2019 Insufficient historical volume
Mississippi #299 78 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Indiana #467 144 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Michigan #283 214 2023 +40.0% Growth
Kansas #415 58 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Missouri #475 117 2021 Insufficient historical volume
Utah #497 43 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Arkansas #597 56 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Idaho #399 19 2021 Insufficient historical volume
Wisconsin #380 93 2025 Insufficient historical volume
Minnesota #460 84 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Alaska Unranked 6 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Kentucky #441 69 2019 Insufficient historical volume
Oklahoma #444 53 2024 Insufficient historical volume
Oregon #502 34 2022 Insufficient historical volume
Iowa #625 31 2023 Insufficient historical volume
Nebraska Unranked 12 2022 Insufficient historical volume
New Mexico #254 8 2025 Insufficient historical volume
West Virginia Unranked 5 2023 Insufficient historical volume

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