Kyo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KYOH
- Origin
- Japanese
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Kyo is a boys' name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Kyo mean?
Japanese: meaning depends on the kanji used
Its meaning depends on the kanji chosen, which can mean capital, respectful or echo, among others.
Is Kyo a girl's or a boy's name?
Kyo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kyo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 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, 7 boys in the US were named Kyo, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 2004.
Half of all the boys named Kyo in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kyo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
Names like Kyo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tru Kairo Yug Ryo Ryu Hiro Kenzo Mikko Kota Zuko Kaizen Loki
Names related to Kyo
More Japanese names
Kobe Raiden Ren Akari Ronin Kyomi Akira Yuna Emi Kiyomi Kairi Miya Kenji Reo Jiraiya Aizen
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, “Kyo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kyo, updated 20 October 2026.