Kiyomi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kee-YOH-mee
- Origin
- Japanese
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,076 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #764 for girls
Kiyomi is a girls' name of Japanese origin, meaning “pure beauty”. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies) and 764th for girls in the US (355 babies).
What does Kiyomi mean?
Japanese: meaning depends on the kanji used
“pure beauty”
Japanese names depend on the kanji chosen; a common writing combines kiyo, 'pure', with mi, 'beauty'.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Kiyomi a girl's or a boy's name?
Kiyomi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK and 355 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kiyomi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,076th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 94% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Kiyomi, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th.
2025 had the most girls named Kiyomi of any year since it first appeared, in 2004.
Half of all the girls named Kiyomi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales.
Kiyomi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
How popular is Kiyomi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 764th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 355 about 1 in 4,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 187% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 355 girls in the US were named Kiyomi, making it the 764th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,485th. It first appears in the records in 1917.
2025 had the most girls named Kiyomi of any year since it first appeared, in 1917.
Half of all the girls named Kiyomi in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 360 girls in the US were given Kiyomi or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #755, up from #764 for this spelling alone.
- Kiyomi 355
- Khiyomi 5
Kiyomi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 355 | #764 |
| 2024 | 240 | #1,044 |
| 2023 | 186 | #1,244 |
| 2022 | 194 | #1,239 |
| 2021 | 173 | #1,304 |
| 2020 | 144 | #1,485 |
| 2019 | 80 | #2,272 |
| 2018 | 48 | #3,292 |
| 2017 | 38 | #3,918 |
| 2016 | 31 | #4,530 |
| 2015 | 54 | #3,092 |
| 2014 | 63 | #2,737 |
| 2013 | 48 | #3,313 |
| 2012 | 42 | #3,710 |
| 2011 | 37 | #3,998 |
| 2010 | 49 | #3,305 |
| 2009 | 36 | #4,195 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 14 | #6,307 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,580 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,253 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 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 | 5 | #4,554 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,723 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,289 |
| 1917 | 5 | #4,592 |
Nicknames for Kiyomi
- Kiyo
Names like Kiyomi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kyomi, Kiki, Remi, Suki, Rumi, Dakota, Yuna, Miri, Minha, Yumna, Lumi, Zuri
Names related to Kiyomi
More Japanese names
Kobe, Kaizen, Raiden, Ren, Akari, Kenzo, Ronin, Akira, Emi, Kairi, Miya, Kenji, Reo, Jiraiya, Aizen, Sora
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, “Kiyomi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kiyomi, updated 20 October 2026.