Boys' name · since 1988
Cario
Since 1988, U.S. Social Security records show 90 babies named Cario, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #18,061 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,488 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 90
- born since 1988
- 2020s
- peak decade
Cario currently ranks #8488 among boys' names in America, with 90 babies recorded since 1988.
Social Security Administration records show Cario recorded 90 times among boys since 1988, holding rank #8488 nationally today, ahead of 39% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1988 to 2025.
- #18,061 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,488 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 90 born since 1988
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Cario ranks #18,061 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,488 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 90 born since 1988, peaking in the 2020s.
- #18,061 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,488 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 90
- born since 1988
- 2020s
- peak decade
Cario's 90 recorded births place it above 60.14% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Cario compares
90 24th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Cario's all-time total is 76% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Cario | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 90 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 34 | 22,252 |
Cario's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Cario splits its recorded history at 2021: 64% of all births land in the more recent half, 36% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1988 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2024 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Cario popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Cario by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (65 births, 72% of the file).
2020s was Cario's strongest decade.
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Cario births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 2010s 20
2010s
20 births
- 2020s
2020s
65 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 65 births (72% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1988–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Cario draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.