Recorded 1915–1924 Girls' name Peak 1918 35 births

Kiyono — girls' name

35 babies named Kiyono in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s251920s10
1910s
Peak decade

71% of everyone ever named Kiyono was born in this single decade.

1918
Single peak year

8 babies were named Kiyono in 1918 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Kiyono

The Social Security Administration has registered 35 babies named Kiyono between 1915 and 1924, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kiyono currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1924. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kiyono performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 25 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Kiyono shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 30 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kiyono in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kiyono in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 35 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Kiyono at a glance

Last recorded 1924

Total births

35

Since 1915

10 years of records

Peak year

1918

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 1910s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1924

Active since

1915

Recorded for 10 years

Last year on file: 1924

Kiyono popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1924–1915

Last recorded 1924
Peak year (1918)
8
Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
456789 192419231919191819171915 5

Kiyono by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1910s
Peak decade
1910s
25 births that decade — 71% of Kiyono's all-time total
1910s251920s10

Kiyono by state

Where Kiyono concentrates geographically — total births since 1915

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Kiyono
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Hawaii
30 85.7%
Hawaii share of Kiyono's total US births 85.7%

30 of 35 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kiyono?
35 babies have been named Kiyono since 1915. It was last recorded in 1924. The peak year was 1918 with 8 births.
When was Kiyono most popular?
Kiyono was most popular in the 1910s decade with 25 total births. The single peak year was 1918.
Where is Kiyono most popular?
The top states for the name Kiyono are Hawaii (30 births).
How long has the name Kiyono been used?
Kiyono has been recorded in Social Security data since 1915, spanning 10 years of data through 1924.
What names are similar to Kiyono?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kiya, Kiyah, Kiyomi, Kiyana, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1915–1924 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.