Kiyoko
Kiyoko is a feminine Japanese given name.
Meaning & Origin of Kiyoko
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kiyoko is a feminine Japanese given name.
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The Story of Kiyoko
Kiyoko first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1912, with 8 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1921, when 58 Kiyokos were born — ranking #969 that year. As of 2026, Kiyoko ranks #9,521 for baby girls with 10 births, rising sharply (+21% over the past five years). In total, more than 916 Kiyokos have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Notable people named Kiyoko
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- Hayley Kiyoko ( ヘイリー・キヨコ : born Hayley Kiyoko Alcroft), an American actress, singer-songwriter, musician, and dancer
- Kiyoko Arai ( あらい きよこ ) , Japanese manga artist
- Fujiwara no Kiyoko ( 藤原 聖子 ; 1122–1182) , Empress consort of Japan as the consort of Emperor Sutoku
- Kiyoko Fukuda ( 福田 貴代子 ; born 1944) , Japanese former First Lady of Japan, wife of Yasuo Fukuda
- Kiyoko Fukuda ( 福田 記代子 ; born 1970) , Japanese former volleyball player
- Kiyoko Ichiki ( 市来 貴代子 ; born 1970) , Japanese professional wrestler
- Kiyoko Ishiguro (1901-2015), Japanese supercentenarian
- Kiyoko Matsumoto ( 松本 貴代子 ), who committed suicide by jumping into the crater of Mount Mihara in 1933, starting a trend in Japan
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About the name Kiyoko
Kiyoko is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1912 and has accumulated 916 births in the dataset. Kiyoko's peak popularity came in 1921 when it ranked #969. Use the chart and map above to compare Kiyoko's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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