Caio is a distinctive choice, ranked #1076 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Caio in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1076
About the Name Caio
Caio is steadily gaining in popularity, up 35 places over the past five years. Its best recorded rank was #758 in 2022, and it currently sits at #1076. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Caio is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Caio
Unlikely. With around 27 UK babies named Caio per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Caio in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Caio is currently rising in popularity in the UK, up 35 places over the last five years to #1076 in 2024. If this trend continues, it will become more common in classrooms over the next decade.
Caio is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Caio include: Caio da Silveira — Caio César Franco da Silveira, commonly known as Caio Silveira is a Brazilian former professional basketball player.; Caio Monteiro — Caio Monteiro Costa, commonly known as Caio Monteiro, is a Brazilian footballer who plays as a forward for Nova Venécia.; Caio Eduardo de Mello Cazziolato — Caio Eduardo de Mello Cazziolato, also commonly known as Caio Cazziolato, or simply as "Caio" is a Brazilian former professional basketball player..
Caio does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Caios in the wild.
27
UK babies named Caio (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 35 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Caio
Likely around 1 other Caio in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Caio
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Caio Eduardo de Mello Cazziolato, also commonly known as Caio Cazziolato, or simply as "Caio" is a Brazilian former professional basketball player. With the senior Brazilian national basketball team, Cazziolato competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics, and the 1998 FIBA World Cup.
Caio Takeo Kumahara, commonly known as Caio Japa, is a Brazilian futsal player of Japanese descent who plays for Maritime Augusta in the Italian Serie A.
Caio Túlio Costa is a Brazilian journalist, professor of journalism, PhD in communication at the University of São Paulo and visiting research fellow at Columbia University. Expert in digital media, he is also the founder of Torabit, a digital monitoring platform that started operating commercially in 2017.
Caio da Silva Prado Júnior was a Brazilian historian, geographer, writer, philosopher and politician. His works inaugurated a new historiographic tradition in Brazil, identified with Marxism, which led to new interpretations of Brazilian colonial society.
Caio Godoy Ormenese is a Brazilian road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team Localiza Meoo / Swift Pro Cycling. Godoy was previously suspended from cycling from 31 March 2018 until 30 March 2022.
Caio Terra is a Brazilian Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ) competitor and world champion. Caio began training Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu in 2003 and received his black belt in 2006.