Kino
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KEE-noh
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Kino is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Kino mean?
Kino is the pearl diver at the heart of John Steinbeck's 1947 novella The Pearl.
Is Kino a girl's or a boy's name?
Kino is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kino in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Kino, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1969.
2025 had fewer boys named Kino than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Kino in the US since 1880 were born between 1988 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kino in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 10 | #5,495 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,076 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
Names like Kino
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kairo Kenzo Mikko Kato Kaito Tru Koa Yitzchok Kota Kaizen Dakota Hiro
Names related to Kino
Sources
Figures from 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, “Kino: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kino, updated 20 October 2026.