Unisex name · since 2016
Kiori
Since 2016, U.S. Social Security records show 100 babies named Kiori, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #27,125 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,258 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 100
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
100 babies have been named Kiori since 2016, making it today's #4258 unisex name.
Kiori has 100 recorded births among girls since 2016, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4258 as of the latest data, more common than 75% 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 2016 to 2025.
- #27,125 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,258 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 100 born since 2016
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kiori ranks #27,125 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,258 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 100 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.
- #27,125 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,258 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 100
- born since 2016
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kiori's 100 recorded births place it above 62.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Louisiana.
How Kiori compares
100 25th 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
Kiori's all-time total is 73% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kiori | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 100 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 34 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kiori's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kiori's SSA record in two at 2023 and the more recent half accounts for 72% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 28%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2016, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 34, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kiori popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 34
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Currently ranks #4258 among girls.
100 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2025 with 34 births in a single year.
Kiori popularity over time - boys
11 total births recorded since 2024 (Kiori as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Kiori accounts for 10% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kiori by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (94 births, 94% of the file).
2020s was Kiori's strongest decade.
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 94% of all-time use.
Kiori births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
94 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 94 births (94% of all-time use).
Kiori decade highlights
- Peak decade 94 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Kiori by state
Where Kiori concentrates geographically, total births since 2016
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 5 | 5.0% |
5 of 100 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 5.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 5.0% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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- Louisiana records the most Kioris (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Louisiana 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 Kiori: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~9 yrs)
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, 2016–2025 (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 Kiori 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.
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