Kyoko — #15496 US girls' name
234 babies named Kyoko in U.S. Social Security records since 1940, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 12% of names given to girls today.
22% of everyone ever named Kyoko was born in this single decade.
12 babies were named Kyoko in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kyoko
The Social Security Administration has registered 234 babies named Kyoko between 1940 and 2024, spanning 85 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kyoko currently holds the #15496 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 12 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kyoko performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 51 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Kyoko shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kyoko in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kyoko 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 234 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.
Kyoko at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Kyoko popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1940
- Peak year (2001)
- 12
- Annual births at peak — across 85 years of records
Currently ranks #15496 among girls.
234 total births across 85 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 12 births in a single year.
Kyoko by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 51 births that decade — 22% of Kyoko's all-time total
Kyoko decade highlights
- Peak decade 51 births
- Runner-up 41 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Kyoko's strongest decade
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 22% of all-time use.
Kyoko by state
Where Kyoko concentrates geographically — total births since 1940
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11 | 4.7% |
11 of 234 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 4.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1940–2024 (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.