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Cairo name popularity

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Cairo ranks #341 in male records (965 reported) and #4,085 in female records (35 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately.

US national data through 2025 · Source retrieved

Data updated

Key facts

2025 female rank and count
#4,085 · 35 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (female)
Count decreased by 3 female records (38 to 35); rank moved from #3,906 to #4,085.
5-year change, since 2021 (female)
Count decreased by 33 female records (68 to 35); rank moved from #2,560 to #4,085.
2025 male rank and count
#341 · 965 reported
1-year change, since 2024 (male)
Count increased by 16 male records (949 to 965); rank moved from #354 to #341.
5-year change, since 2021 (male)
Count decreased by 55 male records (1,020 to 965); rank moved from #325 to #341.
Peak year in available data
2022: 1,101 male records, the highest published count in 2016–2025.

Is Cairo becoming more popular?

Cairo's reported male count increased by 16 from 2024 to 2025. Its rank changed from #354 to #341. This is an observed US comparison, not a forecast.

Cairo in US records, 2016–2025

Annual published counts for the exact spelling. A lower rank number means a higher position in that year’s file.

Annual US counts for CairoFemale and male recorded-sex categories are plotted separately. The full counts and ranks are in the table below; gaps mean no published observation.1,1010201620252016: 16 female records2017: 14 female records2018: 29 female records2019: 72 female records2020: 53 female records2021: 68 female records2022: 56 female records2023: 48 female records2024: 38 female records2025: 35 female records2016: 267 male records2017: 404 male records2018: 543 male records2019: 976 male records2020: 918 male records2021: 1,020 male records2022: 1,101 male records2023: 1,010 male records2024: 949 male records2025: 965 male records
Female recordsMale records · Missing observations are left as gaps.
View all annual counts and ranks
SSA national observations. — means no published observation.
YearFemale countFemale rankMale countMale rank
2025354,085965341
2024383,906949354
2023483,3381,010331
2022562,9661,101306
2021682,5601,020325
2020533,027918348
2019722,456976342
2018294,683543522
2017147,925404639
2016167,321267844

Questions about Cairo’s popularity

How common is Cairo in the US?

In the 2025 US Social Security baby-name data, Cairo ranks #341 in male records (965 reported) and #4,085 in female records (35 reported). These figures count this exact spelling separately. The rank describes its position among names in this national file; it does not estimate how many children in a particular classroom will share it.

Does this include other spellings of Cairo?

No. The SSA counts each exact spelling separately. The table and download on this page include Cairo only.

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