Cairo
Boy · KY-roh · Arabic
Cairo is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “the victorious”. In 2025 it ranked 447th for boys in the UK (99 babies) and 341st for boys in the US (965 babies).
What does Cairo mean?
Arabic: after the Egyptian capital, al-Qahira
“the victorious”
Named after Egypt's capital, whose Arabic name al-Qahira means 'the victorious'.
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- KY-roh
Is Cairo a girl's or a boy's name?
Cairo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 99 boys in the UK and 35 girls and 965 boys in the US.
How popular is Cairo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #447among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 99about 1 in 3,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 99 boys in the UK were named Cairo, making it the 447th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 402nd. Its busiest year was 2023, with 139 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Cairo than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Cairo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 212 boys in the UK were given Cairo or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #256, up from #447 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 30% of the babies named Cairo in the UK in 1996, and under 1% in 2023.
Among boys in 2025, it was 427th in England and Wales and 495th in Scotland.
Cairo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 99 | #447 |
| 2024 | 115 | #404 |
| 2023 | 139 | #347 |
| 2022 | 121 | #390 |
| 2021 | 119 | #411 |
| 2020 | 120 | #402 |
| 2019 | 109 | #436 |
| 2018 | 108 | #435 |
| 2017 | 91 | #499 |
| 2016 | 78 | #554 |
| 2015 | 63 | #627 |
| 2014 | 46 | #756 |
| 2013 | 58 | #648 |
| 2012 | 50 | #732 |
| 2011 | 38 | #859 |
| 2010 | 44 | #761 |
| 2009 | 34 | #900 |
| 2008 | 27 | #1,047 |
| 2007 | 18 | #1,343 |
| 2006 | 27 | #959 |
| 2005 | 18 | #1,216 |
| 2004 | 23 | #983 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,498 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,490 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,547 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,308 |
| 1999 | 14 | #1,087 |
| 1998 | 10 | #1,346 |
| 1997 | 10 | #1,319 |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
How popular is Cairo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #341among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 965about 1 in 1,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 965 boys in the US were named Cairo, making it the 341st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 348th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 1,101 boys. It first appears in the records in 1979. 35 girls were also named Cairo in 2025 (4,066th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Cairo in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,460 boys in the US were given Cairo or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #259, up from #341 for this spelling alone.
In 2025, 4% of the babies named Cairo in the US were girls.
Cairo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 965 | #341 |
| 2024 | 949 | #354 |
| 2023 | 1,010 | #331 |
| 2022 | 1,101 | #306 |
| 2021 | 1,020 | #325 |
| 2020 | 918 | #348 |
| 2019 | 976 | #342 |
| 2018 | 543 | #522 |
| 2017 | 404 | #638 |
| 2016 | 267 | #844 |
| 2015 | 223 | #942 |
| 2014 | 173 | #1,102 |
| 2013 | 157 | #1,149 |
| 2012 | 105 | #1,523 |
| 2011 | 93 | #1,635 |
| 2010 | 46 | #2,631 |
| 2009 | 58 | #2,251 |
| 2008 | 45 | #2,716 |
| 2007 | 36 | #3,133 |
| 2006 | 51 | #2,397 |
| 2005 | 42 | #2,610 |
| 2004 | 24 | #3,731 |
| 2003 | 23 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 21 | #3,904 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 25 | #3,293 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 17 | #4,015 |
| 1997 | 9 | #6,094 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 9 | #5,862 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 7 | #6,662 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 7 | #6,222 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
Names like Cairo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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