boy's name

Cayo

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 4
  • Births on record 60

Cayo is a boy's name. In 2023 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 2018, when 8 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 2001.

Cayo over time

Births per decade in the United States, 2000s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2023, not a full ten years.

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Births named Cayo by decade in the United States
Decade Births
2000s 10
2010s 18
2020s (to 2023) 18

How popular is Cayo?

In 2023, Cayo was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Cayo is used

England & Wales #4,581 4 in 2020
United States #10,748 7 in 2023

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Cayo

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Cayo also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Cayo over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Cayo

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Cayo — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Cayo

How popular is the name Cayo?

In 2023, Cayo was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Cayo a girl's or a boy's name?

Cayo is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Cayo most popular?

Cayo peaked in 2018, when 8 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.