Kioni
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kee-OH-nee
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Kioni is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
Where does Kioni come from?
Uncertain; often said to be Swahili
Is Kioni a girl's or a boy's name?
Kioni is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls and 5 boys in the US.
How popular is Kioni in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 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, 6 girls in the US were named Kioni, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998. 5 boys were also named Kioni in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).
2025 had fewer girls named Kioni than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Kioni in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kioni in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
Names like Kioni
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kaylani Kailani Kehlani Kalani Malani Meilani Alani Milani Kyomi Nalani Naylani Kiyomi
Names related to Kioni
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, “Kioni: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kioni, updated 20 October 2026.