girls:
510 births since 1994
#5206 (9th percentile)
boys:
7.5k births since 1979
#1369 (70th percentile)
overall:
8k births since 1979
#3022 (61st percentile)
The name Cairo is the #3,022 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 8,000 recorded births since 1979. This represents the 60.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 60.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,369 (70.1% percentile) for all time with 7,490 births since 1979. For girls, it ranks #5,206 (8.9% percentile) for all time with 510 births since 1994.
Cairo first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1979 (1979 for boys and 1994 for girls). Birth data for Cairo is available in 38 out of the 45 years between 1979 and 2023 (38 years for boys and 27 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Cairo has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 93.6% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Cairo reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 68.7% percentile (ranked #290) with 587 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 587 births per million (ranked 68.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1991, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Cairo ranks #315 for boys (65.5% percentile) with 548 births per million, which is 93.3% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Cairo reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 7.1% percentile (ranked #878) with 39 births per million. The name was most common in 2019, with 39 births per million (ranked 7.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2010, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Cairo ranks #905 for girls (4.4% percentile) with 27 births per million, which is 68.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Cairo".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Cairo. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Cairo is pronounced as KAI-roh, which has 2 syllables.
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