Ciro
Masculine
Ciro is Cyrus, and Cyrus is the Persian king who let the exiles go home — which is why a Persian name is honored in the Hebrew Bible, and honored there in terms used for almost nobody else.
How old is the name Ciro?
Ciro first appears in US birth records in 1907 — 118 years ago. The typical Ciro alive today was born around 1976, making them about 49 years old. About 1,900 people named Ciro are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Ciro most popular?
Ciro peaked in 1907, reaching #1200 nationally. Today it ranks #2884, 1,684 places below that high. See the whole 1907 chart.
Where it comes from
From Kurush to Ciro
The story of Ciro
Cyrus the Great founded the Persian empire in the sixth century BC and, on taking Babylon, permitted the deported Judaeans to return and rebuild — for which the book of Isaiah calls him God's anointed, a term used of no other foreign ruler. The Greeks wrote a great deal about him and the name entered European use through them. Italian took it as Ciro and Spanish as Ciro too, and it has been an ordinary name in southern Italy for centuries, particularly around Naples. Its American record follows Italian emigration.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Old Persian Kurush has no settled derivation. A reading as 'young' has been offered, and so has an Elamite source, which would put the name outside Persian entirely; a folk etymology from a Persian word for the sun circulated in antiquity. Greek wrote it Kyros, which happens to resemble their own word for lord, and that coincidence has confused the picture ever since. Nothing is established.
How the name formed
- Kurush
- Kyros
- Cyrus
- Ciro
Related forms: Cyrus · Ciro · Kourosh · Kyros
Pronouncing Ciro
CHEE-roh
Two syllables, stress on the first. Italian ci- before an i or an e is a ch sound, so this is CHEE-roh, not SEE-roh. Spanish says SEE-roh, and the two languages read the same four letters differently.
Nicknames for Ciro
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1907
- Most boys named
- 202543 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1200reached in 1907
- Change vs 2023
- +13.2%43 in 2025, from 38
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Ciro in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Cyrus in English — same name
- Ciro in Spanish — same name
- Kourosh in Persian — same name
- Kyros in Greek — transliteration
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Florida.
Ciros among us
people named Ciro are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 39,723 born in 2025 was named Ciro
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Ciro
- #2884
- Ciro on the 2025 chart
- #872
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Ciro went to 43 boys in 2025, but Cyro is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 56, which makes it the 872nd most-given boys’ name of the year — 2,012 places above the chart.
- Ciro43
- Cyro13
About 1 boy in 30,501 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 39,723 for Ciro itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Ciro sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Ciro is headed
Ciro looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 30% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Ciro beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Ciro in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A documented historical figure of the first rank standing behind it.
- Four letters, two syllables, and short enough to carry any surname.
- Cyrus and Kourosh both stand beside it as recognized forms elsewhere.
- Italian and Spanish read the c differently, so the name is said two ways.
- English speakers will say SEE-roh or SY-roh, neither of which is the Italian saying.
- Its meaning is genuinely unknown, so any gloss offered for it is a guess.
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Frequently asked
- How many Ciros are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,900 people named Ciro are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Ciro?
- Ciro is the most-used spelling in US records — 43 of the 56 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Cyro.
- How popular is the name Ciro in 2025?
- Ciro ranks #2884 among US boy names in 2025, with 43 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Ciro?
- About 1 in every 39,723 US boys born in 2025 was named Ciro — 43 in all.
- Will my child share the name Ciro with classmates?
- Ciro will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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