Kiyoshi

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194 · #8,243 for boys in 2025, 9 births
Given to boys 98.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1923 · 66 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,226
since 1910

Kiyoshi over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Kiyoshi has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #835, 1923boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#8,2439
2024—#8,9878
2023#15,1945#7,28911
2022—#8,3009
2021—#6,69812
2020—#9,5547
2019—#6,40613
2018—#7,13611
2017—#8,8408
2016—#12,1855
2015—#12,0865
2014—#7,04811
2013—#6,24113
2012—#8,1589
2011—#6,57812
2010—#6,69812
2009—#7,69210
2008—#6,76312
2007—#6,62212
2006—#7,9989
2005—#8,2998
2004—#9,9486
2003—#7,2459
2002—#6,52210
2001—#10,5565
2000—#9,1126
1999—#9,9125
1998—#8,4796
1997—#8,1106
1996#13,5185#4,02216
1995—#8,8685
1994—#7,7706
1993—#7,6386
1992—#7,4226
1991—#6,5197
1990#12,9585#8,1175
1989—#5,6158
1988—#6,4266
1987—#6,0896
1986—#5,3327
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1978—#5,0596
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1936—#1,87214
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1934—#2,12112
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1918—#1,03542
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First appearance
1910

The first year at least five boys were named Kiyoshi! It came in at #1,589, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1910–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Kiyoshi is popular in 1920

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedNHWashington: #212 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,953 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #151 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 1,040 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedGAHawaii: #29 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 106 boysHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Kiyoshi, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Hawaii#29 · 1 in 106
  2. California#151 · 1 in 1,040
  3. Washington#212 · 1 in 1,953

Best ever in a state: #18 in Hawaii, 1924.

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Hawaii#29211 in 106
California#151251 in 1,040
Washington#21251 in 1,953
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See more about Kiyoshi
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 744 spots since 2024 (#8,987 → #8,243)
  • 1,311 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #8,243)
  • 3,843 spots since 2015 (#12,086 → #8,243)
  • Biggest jump: 117 spots in 1919 (#1,035 → #918)
  • Biggest drop: 152 spots in 1926 (#858 → #1,010)
Rise & fade · boys
13 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1910
  • Peaked 1923 at #835 (66 births)
  • Births halved by 1928, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 7 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 7 yrs · run 1919–1925
Share of babies · boys
1 in 16,608
  • Highest: 1 in 16,608 boys born in 1923 were named Kiyoshi (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 189,786 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 39.0% of all boys named Kiyoshi (478) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s241#918 (1919)#1,369
1920s478#835 (1923)#1,073
1930s128#1,602 (1930)#2,040
1940s12#2,964 (1943)#3,235
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1970s25#4,403 (1979)#4,746
1980s32#5,332 (1986)#5,955
1990s68#4,022 (1996)#7,686
2000s87#6,522 (2002)#8,076
2010s99#6,241 (2013)#8,138
2020s56#6,698 (2021)#8,179

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

Kiyoshi in 1920

boys
#947
53 births · 1 in 20,082 boys

Top boys' names in 1920

  1. #1John56,913
  2. #2William50,146
  3. #3Robert48,679
  4. #4James47,908
  5. #5Charles28,309
  6. #6George26,891
  7. #7Joseph25,587
  8. #8Edward20,097
  9. #9Frank16,430
  10. #10Richard15,010
  11. #947Kiyoshi53
More about 1920

boys

1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 20,082 of them was named Kiyoshi, which outranked 81.0% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kiyoshi
  1. #940Rosevelt54
  2. #940Ruth54
  3. #940Yoshio54
  4. #947Kiyoshi53
  5. #947Abram53
  6. #947Adelbert53
  7. #947Earlie53
  8. #960Caleb52
  9. #960Emmit52
  10. #960Leonardo52

Tied with 12 names at #947; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. ↑ 960Harding#1,351 → #391
  2. ↑ 607Cameron#1,351 → #744
  3. ↑ 566Hardin#1,531 → #965
  4. ↑ 392Laurel#1,321 → #929
  5. ↑ 368Terrence#1,297 → #929
Fallers
  1. ↓ 789Pershing#593 → #1,382
  2. ↓ 580Woodroe#877 → #1,457
  3. ↓ 385Quinten#867 → #1,252
  4. ↓ 383Orvel#890 → #1,273
  5. ↓ 373Rexford#927 → #1,300

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1920 →