Kiki
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEE-kee
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,868 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Kiki is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 1,868th for girls in the UK (16 babies) and 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Kiki mean?
Pet form of various names, such as Christine and Kiara
A pet form of names such as Christine or Kristina; Kiki de Montparnasse was a celebrated 1920s Paris artists' model.
Is Kiki a girl's or a boy's name?
Kiki is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the UK and 13 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kiki in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,868among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 17,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were named Kiki, making it the 1,868th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,312th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 61 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kiki in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Kiki in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,868 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,794 |
| 2021 | 29 | #1,231 |
| 2020 | 26 | #1,312 |
| 2019 | 31 | #1,159 |
| 2018 | 29 | #1,237 |
| 2017 | 32 | #1,150 |
| 2016 | 25 | #1,410 |
| 2015 | 27 | #1,317 |
| 2014 | 45 | #906 |
| 2013 | 61 | #718 |
| 2012 | 27 | #1,293 |
| 2011 | 34 | #1,092 |
| 2010 | 42 | #900 |
| 2009 | 39 | #927 |
| 2008 | 40 | #890 |
| 2007 | 39 | #880 |
| 2006 | 28 | #1,062 |
| 2005 | 30 | #968 |
| 2004 | 14 | #1,634 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
How popular is Kiki in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,883among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Kiki, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 1975, with 42 girls. It first appears in the records in 1920.
Half of all the girls named Kiki in the US since 1880 were born between 1970 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1980, 69% of the babies named Kiki in the US were girls.
Kiki in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 25 | #5,571 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,125 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 24 | #3,339 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,526 |
| 1981 | 19 | #4,004 |
| 1980 | 22 | #3,609 |
| 1979 | 21 | #3,667 |
| 1978 | 31 | #2,680 |
| 1977 | 39 | #2,307 |
| 1976 | 38 | #2,210 |
| 1975 | 42 | #2,060 |
| 1974 | 24 | #2,922 |
| 1973 | 24 | #2,830 |
| 1972 | 14 | #4,091 |
| 1971 | 14 | #4,121 |
| 1970 | 26 | #2,705 |
| 1969 | 31 | #2,296 |
| 1968 | 12 | #3,999 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,052 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,197 |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,548 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,354 |
| 1963 | 15 | #3,335 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 12 | #3,792 |
| 1960 | 11 | #3,919 |
| 1959 | 11 | #3,826 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,836 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,594 |
| 1952 | 11 | #3,371 |
| 1951 | 7 | #4,384 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,343 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,202 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,800 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,656 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,872 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 7 | #3,955 |
Names like Kiki
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Suki Rumi Miri Dakota Kiyomi Yumna Yuna Tori Mika Kyomi Minha Lumi
Names related to Kiki
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kiki: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kiki, updated 20 October 2026.