Cairo

“Capital city of Egypt — from Arabic al-Qāhira, 'the victorious'” — Arabic, via Italian origin

Boy's name · #341 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Cairo is near its high-water mark: it reached #306 in 2022 and still ranked #341 in 2025. About 9,400 boys have carried it since 1979. Together with its spelling variant Kairo (#226), Cairo would rank around #141 with about 2,500 births last year — the newborns split about 62/38 between Kairo and Cairo.

Around the world: about 1 in 630 boys in New Zealand (2025) · about 1 in 890 boys in Puerto Rico (2025) · about 1 in 2,900 boys in England & Wales (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 39 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Cairos

Cairo Santos — American football player from Brazil
Cairo Roberto da Lima — Brazilian footballer and manager
Cairo Godson Ojougboh — Nigerian politician
Cairo Dixon — Australian rules footballer
Cairo Trindade — Brazilian writer (b. 1946)

Similar names: Kairo · Zayn · Kaison · Kyro · Reign · Kaiser

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