Boys' name · since 1995
Kairo
Since 1995, U.S. Social Security records show 11,224 babies named Kairo, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #1,126 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #226 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 11,224
- born since 1995
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kairo is the #226 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 11,224 recorded since 1995.
Kairo has 11,224 recorded births among boys since 1995, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #226 as of the latest data, more common than 98% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1995 to 2025.
- #1,126 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #226 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 11,224 born since 1995
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kairo ranks #1,126 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #226 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 11,224 born since 1995, peaking in the 2020s.
- #1,126 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #226 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 11,224
- born since 1995
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kairo's 11,224 recorded births place it above 97.52% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
44 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Kairo compares
11,224 Top 8% higher than 92% of 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
Kairo's all-time total is 30x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kairo | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 11,224 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 1,577 | 34 | 22,252 |
Kairo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kairo's full recorded timeline at 2010, 98% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 2% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1995, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 1,577 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kairo popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 1,577
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Kairo popularity over time - girls
295 total births recorded since 2015 (Kairo as girls' name)
Kairo by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (8,477 births, 76% of the file).
2020s was Kairo's strongest decade.
8,477 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Kairo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 48
1990s
48 births
- 2000s 208
2000s
208 births
- 2010s 2,491
2010s
2,491 births
- 2020s
2020s
8,477 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 8,477 births (76% of all-time use).
How Kairo compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Kairo's total volume
Kairo by state
Where Kairo concentrates geographically, total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 1,020 | 9.1% |
| #2 | Florida | | 1,012 | 9.0% |
| #3 | Texas | | 992 | 8.8% |
| #4 | California | | 955 | 8.5% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 746 | 6.6% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 530 | 4.7% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 438 | 3.9% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 393 | 3.5% |
1,020 of 11,224 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 44 reporting states.
Kairo appears in 44 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Kairo's data
- New York records the most Kairos (1,020 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1995–2025 (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 Kairo 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.