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Capri

Girl · ka-PREE · Italian

Capri is a girls' name of Italian origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,512th for girls in the UK (21 babies) and 546th for girls in the US (551 babies).

What does Capri mean?

Italian: after the island of Capri in the Bay of Naples

The island of Capri was the retreat of the Roman emperor Tiberius in his final years.

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Is Capri a girl's or a boy's name?

Capri is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the UK and 551 girls and 9 boys in the US.

How popular is Capri in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,512among girls
Babies in 2025
21about 1 in 13,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising fastup 226% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 21 girls in the UK were named Capri, making it the 1,512th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,268th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 24 girls.

Half of all the girls named Capri in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales, 539th in Scotland and 397th in Northern Ireland.

1997Busiest: 24 in 20232025
Capri in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202521#1,512
202417#1,803
202324#1,399
202212#2,277
202112#2,325
202012#2,268
20193#5,804
20184#4,914
20176#3,774
20164#4,980
20155#4,294
20140–
20134#4,953
20123#6,108
20113#6,007
20103#5,938
20090–
20084#4,742
20071#7,017
20065#3,724
20053#4,976
20042#6,098
20033#4,560
20020–
20010–
20000–
19990–
19980–
19975#2,896

How popular is Capri in the US?

Rank in 2025
#546among girls
Babies in 2025
551about 1 in 2,900 girls
Five-year trend
Rising fastup 106% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 551 girls in the US were named Capri, making it the 546th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 682nd. It first appears in the records in 1953. 9 boys were also named Capri in 2025 (8,239th for boys).

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Capri of any year since it first appeared, in 1953.

Half of all the girls named Capri in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 693 girls in the US were given Capri or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #457, up from #546 for this spelling alone.

1953Busiest: 551 in 20252025
Capri in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025551#546
2024530#570
2023520#571
2022453#651
2021478#620
2020416#682
2019178#1,291
2018182#1,269
2017163#1,404
2016135#1,622
2015172#1,372
2014193#1,253
2013179#1,309
2012159#1,432
2011191#1,250
2010145#1,536
2009138#1,620
2008124#1,774
200759#2,992
200652#3,175
200545#3,362
200439#3,685
200347#3,128
200239#3,457
200147#3,005
200071#2,209
199960#2,421
199840#3,113
199742#2,871
199634#3,356
199539#2,972
199446#2,656
199365#2,085
199262#2,151
199164#2,086
199054#2,312
198959#2,091
198858#2,028
198736#2,721
198637#2,619
198529#3,083
198421#3,725
198330#2,852
198224#3,417
198119#4,004
198019#3,991
197916#4,419
197819#3,777
197720#3,611
197620#3,406
197515#4,139
197417#3,695
197315#3,970
197214#4,091
19717#6,617
197012#4,491
196913#3,957
19680–
19678#4,981
19668#4,865
19656#5,816
196411#4,095
19630–
196210#4,262
196110#4,238
19608#4,772
195917#2,868
19585#6,102
195710#3,929
195613#3,320
19556#5,207
19545#5,751
19537#4,594

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