Is Kiyoshi a boy or girl name?

Kiyoshi is a boy’s name. Of the 1,241 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 1.2% were girls and 98.8% were boys.

Kiyoshi

Recorded 1910–2025 · United States

Kiyoshi was most popular in 1923, when 66 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,677 that year. In 2025 it ranked #17,163, with 9 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,241 people named Kiyoshi.

Kiyoshi over time

Births per year. The dot marks Kiyoshi’s peak in 1923. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Kiyoshi a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Kiyoshi is a boy’s name — 1.2% of the 1,241 Americans given it were girls and 98.8% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 5% girls and 95% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Kiyoshi

Where Kiyoshi is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org