# Caio (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/caio/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 722 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 722 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 590, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 21 | 4,530 |
| 2012 | 25 | 4,025 |
| 2013 | 29 | 3,592 |
| 2014 | 21 | 4,557 |
| 2015 | 23 | 4,311 |
| 2016 | 11 | 7,216 |
| 2017 | 24 | 4,242 |
| 2018 | 32 | 3,457 |
| 2019 | 34 | 3,359 |
| 2020 | 24 | 4,160 |
| 2021 | 32 | 3,510 |
| 2022 | 29 | 3,787 |
| 2023 | 40 | 3,067 |
| 2024 | 30 | 3,708 |
| 2025 | 35 | 3,322 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 31 | 929 |
| 2012 | 26 | 1,051 |
| 2013 | 31 | 931 |
| 2014 | 32 | 916 |
| 2015 | 27 | 1,046 |
| 2016 | 31 | 946 |
| 2017 | 27 | 1,068 |
| 2018 | 30 | 958 |
| 2019 | 20 | 1,253 |
| 2020 | 24 | 1,111 |
| 2021 | 28 | 1,023 |
| 2022 | 43 | 758 |
| 2023 | 33 | 929 |
| 2024 | 27 | 1,076 |
| 2025 | 36 | 873 |

## People named Caio

- Caio Lucas, Emirati association football player
- Caio Júnior, Brazilian association football player and manager (1965–2016)
- Caio Henrique, Brazilian association football player
- Caio Canedo, Brazilian and Emirati association football player
- Caio Alves, Brazilian footballer
- Caio Blat, Brazilian actor
- Caio César, Brazilian association football player
- Caio Ribeiro, Brazilian footballer and manager
- Caio Collet, Brazilian racing driver
- Caio Fernando Abreu, Brazilian writer (1948–1996)
- Caio Balsamo Gardim, Brazilian association football player
- Caio Castro, Brazilian actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.