Kairo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KY-ro
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #260 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #226 for boys
Kairo is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “the victorious”. In 2025 it ranked 260th for boys in the UK (200 babies) and 226th for boys in the US (1,577 babies).
What does Kairo mean?
Arabic: spelling of Cairo, the Egyptian capital
“the victorious”
Spelling of Cairo, from Arabic al-Qahira, the Fatimid capital founded in 969.
Is Kairo a girl's or a boy's name?
Kairo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls and 200 boys in the UK and 34 girls and 1,577 boys in the US.
How popular is Kairo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #260among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 200about 1 in 1,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 200 boys in the UK were named Kairo, making it the 260th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 308th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 225 boys. 3 girls were also named Kairo in 2025 (5,990th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Kairo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 249th in England and Wales, 367th in Scotland and 344th in Northern Ireland.
Kairo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 200 | #260 |
| 2024 | 225 | #240 |
| 2023 | 178 | #287 |
| 2022 | 189 | #277 |
| 2021 | 213 | #258 |
| 2020 | 167 | #308 |
| 2019 | 140 | #362 |
| 2018 | 139 | #365 |
| 2017 | 89 | #507 |
| 2016 | 57 | #683 |
| 2015 | 55 | #688 |
| 2014 | 34 | #948 |
| 2013 | 51 | #719 |
| 2012 | 27 | #1,099 |
| 2011 | 20 | #1,338 |
| 2010 | 16 | #1,585 |
| 2009 | 21 | #1,254 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,547 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,667 |
| 2006 | 11 | #1,742 |
| 2005 | 13 | #1,522 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 9 | #1,723 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,547 |
| 2000 | 8 | #1,637 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Kairo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #226among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 1,577about 1 in 1,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.3%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 1,577 boys in the US were named Kairo, making it the 226th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 280th. It first appears in the records in 1995. 34 girls were also named Kairo in 2025 (4,171st for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Kairo of any year since it first appeared, in 1995.
Half of all the boys named Kairo in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kairo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,577 | #226 |
| 2024 | 1,483 | #238 |
| 2023 | 1,491 | #234 |
| 2022 | 1,415 | #250 |
| 2021 | 1,316 | #263 |
| 2020 | 1,195 | #280 |
| 2019 | 1,109 | #307 |
| 2018 | 608 | #483 |
| 2017 | 285 | #802 |
| 2016 | 153 | #1,221 |
| 2015 | 82 | #1,815 |
| 2014 | 72 | #1,978 |
| 2013 | 71 | #1,941 |
| 2012 | 44 | #2,715 |
| 2011 | 43 | #2,747 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 41 | #2,893 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 24 | #4,125 |
| 2006 | 31 | #3,382 |
| 2005 | 23 | #3,937 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 19 | #4,060 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
Names like Kairo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kenzo Yunus Loki Yusuf Koa Ruairi Yug Rumi Shko Kyro Guto Sami
Other spellings of Kairo
Names related to Kairo
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Amira Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Kairo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kairo, updated 20 October 2026.