Kiyoshi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- kee-YOH-shee
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Kiyoshi is a boys' name of Japanese origin, meaning “pure, clear”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Kiyoshi mean?
Japanese: Japanese name; meaning depends on the kanji
“pure, clear”
A Japanese name often written with a single kanji meaning 'pure' or 'clear'.
Is Kiyoshi a girl's or a boy's name?
Kiyoshi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kiyoshi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 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, 9 boys in the US were named Kiyoshi, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 1923, with 66 boys. It first appears in the records in 1910.
Half of all the boys named Kiyoshi in the US since 1880 were born between 1921 and 1990, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kiyoshi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 9 | #8,293 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 12 | #6,572 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,401 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 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 | 7 | #2,962 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1937 | 7 | #2,905 |
| 1936 | 14 | #1,872 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,396 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,121 |
| 1933 | 18 | #1,644 |
| 1932 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,693 |
| 1930 | 21 | #1,602 |
| 1929 | 18 | #1,793 |
| 1928 | 31 | #1,293 |
| 1927 | 38 | #1,163 |
| 1926 | 47 | #1,010 |
| 1925 | 60 | #858 |
| 1924 | 56 | #937 |
| 1923 | 66 | #835 |
| 1922 | 56 | #928 |
| 1921 | 53 | #962 |
| 1920 | 53 | #947 |
| 1919 | 53 | #918 |
| 1918 | 42 | #1,035 |
| 1917 | 38 | #1,078 |
| 1916 | 39 | #1,028 |
| 1915 | 31 | #1,159 |
| 1914 | 17 | #1,491 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,745 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
Names like Kiyoshi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Kiyoshi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kiyoshi, updated 20 October 2026.