How Many People Are Named Kiyoshi?
people named Kiyoshi are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 865,278 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,241 babies named Kiyoshi in Social Security records from 1910 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
66 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Japanese 清 (kiyoshi) or 淳 (kiyoshi) both meaning "pure". Other kanji or kanji combinations can also form this name.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Kiyoshi, 3.7% were girls and 96.3% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kiyoshi alive today is about 24 years old, and 71% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 32 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kiyoshi first appears in the records in 1910 and was given most often in 1923, to 66 babies. In 2025, 9 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1910 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Kiyoshi has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #838, in 1923. In 2025 it ranked #8,614.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #8,614 |
| Best rank | #838 (1923) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,011 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kiyoshi alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kiyoshi were born in California than in any other state: about 34 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kiyoshi was given 189.6 times as often in Hawaii and 13.4 times in California.
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