Kyo
Kyo is a name with a single cultural origin: Japanese.
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Kyo
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Kyo is a name with a single cultural origin: Japanese.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Kyo
American parents first put Kyo on the record books as a baby boy name in 2004, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2020, when 16 Kyos were born — ranking #5,449 that year. About 41% of every Kyo on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Kyo ranks #6,406 for baby boys with 13 births, rising sharply (+31% over the past five years). All told, over 220 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Kyo
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Kyo. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Kyō
- Kyou
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About the name Kyo
Kyo is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2004 and has accumulated 220 births in the dataset. Kyo's peak popularity came in 2020 when it ranked #5,449. Use the chart and map above to compare Kyo'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.