Cario
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KAR-ee-oh
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Cario is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
Where does Cario come from?
Uncertain; perhaps a modern coinage like Mario and Dario
Is Cario a girl's or a boy's name?
Cario is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cario in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Cario, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1988.
2025 had fewer boys named Cario than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Cario in the US since 1880 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cario in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
Names like Cario
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alonzo Thiago Ario Moses Ezio Amos Marquez Santiel Jupiter Major Viggo Juanpablo
Names related to Cario
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Cario: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/cario, updated 20 October 2026.