Given name
Kiyoko
Kiyoko is a feminine given name from Japanese. It is used in English, French, and Tagalog.
Original Japaneseきよこ
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kiyoko through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 923
- 0 boys · 923 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 58 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,573 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +35%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,573 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 58 in 1921. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,094 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Kiyoko’s family of names
In Japanese usage, Kiyoko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of きよこ. In English usage, Kiyoko was borrowed from the Japanese form きよこ. In Japanese usage, Kiyoko is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 㐂代子.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 7
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Kiyoko
- Kiyoko OnoJapanese gymnast1936–2021
- Kiyoko MurataJapanese writer, essayist and novelistborn 1945
- Kiyoko ShibuyaJapanese visual effects directorborn 1970
- Kiyoko AraiJapanese manga artist
- Kiyoko FukudaFirst Lady of Japanborn 1944
- Kiyoko SuizenjiJapanese singer and actorborn 1945
- Kiyoko FukudaOlympic volleyball playerborn 1970
- Kiyoko ShimaharaJapanese female marathon runnerborn 1976
- Kiyoko SayamaJapanese anime directorborn 1950
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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