Kior
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- KEE-or
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #3,711 for girls
Kior is a name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,711th for girls in the US (40 babies).
Where does Kior come from?
Modern: recent American coinage of uncertain source
Is Kior a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Kior has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 40 girls and 67 boys in the US.
How popular is Kior in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,711th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 40 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 40 girls in the US were named Kior, making it the 3,711th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,141st. Its busiest year was 2022, with 61 girls. It first appears in the records in 2017. 67 boys were also named Kior in 2025 (2,145th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Kior in the US since 1880 were born between 2020 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 48 girls in the US were given Kior or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,626, up from #3,711 for this spelling alone.
- Kior 40
- Keior 8
Girls were 85% of the babies named Kior in the US in 2020, and 37% in 2025.
Kior in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,711 |
| 2024 | 47 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,761 |
| 2022 | 61 | #2,792 |
| 2021 | 55 | #3,002 |
| 2020 | 50 | #3,141 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,772 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
Names like Kior
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rynlee, Brynlee, Braelynn, Kaoir, Oaklynn, Kashlynn, Keiry, Briar, Lakelynn, Wrenley, Teagan, Kayden
Other spellings of Kior
Names related to Kior
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Mya, Ailani, Kayson
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, “Kior: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kior, updated 20 October 2026.