Kiyoko

Peak · girls
1921 · 58 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
923
since 1912

Kiyoko over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kiyoko has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank192019401960198020002020peak #969, 1921girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#11,9327
2024#9,55610
2023#9,61610
2022#10,3839
2021#9,56210
2020#12,1427
2019#11,3568
2018—
2017#12,7137
2016#8,87512
2015#9,48111
2014—
2013#8,58013
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2010#14,9596
2009#13,7047
2008#15,4056
2007#15,4916
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2003#11,3258
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1996#11,8076
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1991#13,1475
1990#11,4096
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1985#10,6775
1984#8,1537
1983#8,0477
1982#9,2376
1981#10,4115
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1978#7,6497
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1976#6,6118
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1974#6,9007
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1941#4,4205
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1939#4,2505
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1936#3,7016
1935#2,43912
1934#2,74110
1933#2,16114
1932#2,64411
1931#2,02416
1930#2,30614
1929#1,82520
1928#1,63725
1927#1,27838
1926#1,32535
1925#1,37634
1924#1,25840
1923#1,00556
1922#99756
1921#96958
1920#98955
1919#1,15541
1918#1,29934
1917#1,11041
1916#1,14738
1915#1,88317
1914#1,74015
1913#1,67013
1912#2,1448
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five girls were named Kiyoko! It came in at #2,144, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1937–1973, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Kiyoko is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Kiyoko in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Kiyoko
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 2,376 spots since 2024 (#9,556 → #11,932)
  • 210 spots since 2020 (#12,142 → #11,932)
  • 2,451 spots since 2015 (#9,481 → #11,932)
  • Biggest jump: 166 spots in 1920
  • Biggest drop: 28 spots in 1922
Rise & fade · girls
9 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1921 at #969 (58 births)
  • Births halved by 1928, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1920–1922
Share of babies · girls
1 in 21,260
  • Highest: 1 in 21,260 girls born in 1921 were named Kiyoko (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 45.2% of all girls named Kiyoko (417) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s207#1,110 (1917)#1,519
1920s417#969 (1921)#1,266
1930s88#2,024 (1931)#2,783
1940s5#4,420 (1941)#4,420
1950s0——
1960s0——
1970s22#6,611 (1976)#7,053
1980s30#8,047 (1983)#9,305
1990s17#11,409 (1990)#12,121
2000s27#11,325 (2003)#13,981
2010s57#8,580 (2013)#10,994
2020s53#9,556 (2024)#10,532

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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