Jairo
Boy · HY-roh · Hebrew
Jairo is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “he shines”. In 2025 it ranked 935th for boys in the US (251 babies).
What does Jairo mean?
Hebrew: Spanish form of Jairus, from Hebrew Yair
“he shines”
In the Gospels, Jesus raises the daughter of Jairus, a synagogue leader, from the dead.
- Say it
- HY-roh
Is Jairo a girl's or a boy's name?
Jairo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 251 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jairo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #935among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 251about 1 in 6,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 251 boys in the US were named Jairo, making it the 935th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,007th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 473 boys. It first appears in the records in 1950.
Half of all the boys named Jairo in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 256 boys in the US were given Jairo or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #851, up from #935 for this spelling alone.
- Jairo 251
- Jayro 5
Jairo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 251 | #935 |
| 2024 | 247 | #933 |
| 2023 | 252 | #916 |
| 2022 | 260 | #897 |
| 2021 | 208 | #1,037 |
| 2020 | 209 | #1,007 |
| 2019 | 247 | #886 |
| 2018 | 223 | #938 |
| 2017 | 243 | #885 |
| 2016 | 235 | #918 |
| 2015 | 251 | #884 |
| 2014 | 255 | #864 |
| 2013 | 285 | #792 |
| 2012 | 298 | #766 |
| 2011 | 304 | #746 |
| 2010 | 336 | #693 |
| 2009 | 383 | #647 |
| 2008 | 473 | #556 |
| 2007 | 441 | #580 |
| 2006 | 446 | #561 |
| 2005 | 425 | #559 |
| 2004 | 350 | #613 |
| 2003 | 364 | #592 |
| 2002 | 316 | #622 |
| 2001 | 307 | #618 |
| 2000 | 272 | #660 |
| 1999 | 225 | #726 |
| 1998 | 220 | #737 |
| 1997 | 223 | #707 |
| 1996 | 231 | #696 |
| 1995 | 243 | #674 |
| 1994 | 242 | #667 |
| 1993 | 214 | #707 |
| 1992 | 209 | #707 |
| 1991 | 224 | #673 |
| 1990 | 224 | #675 |
| 1989 | 154 | #798 |
| 1988 | 143 | #793 |
| 1987 | 129 | #817 |
| 1986 | 163 | #705 |
| 1985 | 211 | #603 |
| 1984 | 71 | #1,059 |
| 1983 | 66 | #1,095 |
| 1982 | 73 | #1,064 |
| 1981 | 79 | #1,024 |
| 1980 | 45 | #1,410 |
| 1979 | 24 | #2,104 |
| 1978 | 24 | #2,012 |
| 1977 | 16 | #2,664 |
| 1976 | 20 | #2,244 |
| 1975 | 23 | #2,000 |
| 1974 | 23 | #1,934 |
| 1973 | 20 | #2,035 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 12 | #2,811 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
Names like Jairo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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