Unisex name · since 2017
Kior
Kior has 358 recorded births since 2017 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,471 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,776 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 358
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
358 babies have been named Kior since 2017, making it today's #3776 unisex name.
Kior has 358 recorded births among girls since 2017, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3776 as of the latest data, more common than 78% of girls, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2017 to 2025.
- #14,471 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,776 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 358 born since 2017
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kior ranks #14,471 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,776 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 358 born since 2017, peaking in the 2020s.
- #14,471 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,776 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 358
- born since 2017
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kior's 358 recorded births place it above 79.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Georgia.
How Kior compares
358 48th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kior's all-time total is 5% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kior | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 358 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 61 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kior's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kior's full recorded timeline at 2021, 68% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 32% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2018, with just 17 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 61 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kior popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 61
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Kior popularity over time - boys
190 total births recorded since 2020 (Kior as boys' name)
Kior by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (293 births, 82% of the file).
2020s was Kior's strongest decade.
293 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 82% of all-time use.
Kior births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 65
2010s
65 births
- 2020s
2020s
293 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 293 births (82% of all-time use).
Kior by state
Where Kior concentrates geographically, total births since 2017
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 34 | 9.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 33 | 9.2% |
| #3 | Florida | | 12 | 3.4% |
| #4 | Louisiana | | 11 | 3.1% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 10 | 2.8% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 5 | 1.4% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 5 | 1.4% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 1.4% |
34 of 358 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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- Georgia records the most Kiors (34 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Kior: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2017–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Kior draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.