girls:
270 births since 2017
#5446 (5th percentile)
boys:
59 births since 2020
#4527 (1st percentile)
overall:
329 births since 2017
#7410 (4th percentile)
The name Kior is the #7,410 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 329 recorded births since 2017. This represents the 4.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 4.2% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,446 (4.7% percentile) for all time with 270 births since 2017. For boys, it ranks #4,527 (1.2% percentile) for all time with 59 births since 2020.
Kior first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2017 (2017 for girls and 2020 for boys).
The name Kior has been given predominantly to girls, with 82.1% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 66.7% of babies named Kior were girls.
For girls, Kior reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 5.7% percentile (ranked #903) with 33 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 33 births per million (ranked 5.7% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Kior ranks #912 for girls (3.7% percentile) with 23 births per million, which is 68.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Kior reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #896) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Kior is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #896 (1.6% percentile) with 11 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kior".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Kior. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 69.0% confident that Kior is pronounced as KEE-or, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KEE-OR, at 16.7% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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