Kiyoko
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kee-YOH-koh
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Kiyoko is a girls' name of Japanese origin, meaning “pure child”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Kiyoko mean?
Japanese: kiyo 'pure, clear' + ko 'child'
“pure child”
Often written with kanji for 'pure' and 'child', though other spellings are possible.
Is Kiyoko a girl's or a boy's name?
Kiyoko is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kiyoko in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Kiyoko, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 58 girls. It first appears in the records in 1912.
2025 had fewer girls named Kiyoko than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Kiyoko in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 1935, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kiyoko in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,438 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,740 |
| 1933 | 14 | #2,160 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,642 |
| 1931 | 16 | #2,023 |
| 1930 | 14 | #2,305 |
| 1929 | 20 | #1,824 |
| 1928 | 25 | #1,636 |
| 1927 | 38 | #1,278 |
| 1926 | 35 | #1,324 |
| 1925 | 34 | #1,376 |
| 1924 | 40 | #1,258 |
| 1923 | 56 | #1,005 |
| 1922 | 56 | #997 |
| 1921 | 58 | #969 |
| 1920 | 55 | #989 |
| 1919 | 41 | #1,155 |
| 1918 | 34 | #1,299 |
| 1917 | 41 | #1,110 |
| 1916 | 38 | #1,147 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,882 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,740 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,670 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,143 |
Names like Kiyoko
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Violet, Emiko, Eleanor, Josephine, Aiko, Lillian, Adeline, Evelyn, Cleo, Eloise, Naomi, Hazel
More Japanese names
Kobe, Kaizen, Raiden, Ren, Akari, Kenzo, Ronin, Kyomi, Akira, Yuna, Emi, Kiyomi, Kairi, Miya, Kenji, Reo
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, “Kiyoko: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kiyoko, updated 20 October 2026.