girls:
15 births since 1990
#5701 (0th percentile)
boys:
1.2k births since 1910
#3398 (26th percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 1910
#6516 (16th percentile)
The name Kiyoshi is the #6,516 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,224 recorded births since 1910. This represents the 15.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 15.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,398 (25.9% percentile) for all time with 1,209 births since 1910. For girls, it ranks #5,701 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 15 births since 1990.
Kiyoshi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1910 (1910 for boys and 1990 for girls). Birth data for Kiyoshi is available in 73 out of the 114 years between 1910 and 2023 (73 years for boys and 3 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Kiyoshi has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 98.8% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 68.8% of babies named Kiyoshi were boys.
For boys, Kiyoshi reached its peak popularity in 1923, achieving the 10.9% percentile (ranked #491) with 58 births per million. The name was most common in 1923, with 58 births per million (ranked 10.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Kiyoshi ranks #905 for boys (0.7% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 10.3% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Kiyoshi reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #947) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for girls has remained relatively stable. Currently, Kiyoshi is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #947 (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Kiyoshi".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Kiyoshi. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 52.9% confident that Kiyoshi is pronounced as kee-OH-shee, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is kee-YOH-shee, at 41.2% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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