# Kiyomi (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kiyomi/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Japanese |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,244 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6 / 2,238 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 90, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Japanese きよみ (Kiyomi).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 37 | 4,034 |
| 2012 | 42 | 3,759 |
| 2013 | 48 | 3,348 |
| 2014 | 63 | 2,761 |
| 2015 | 54 | 3,110 |
| 2016 | 31 | 4,590 |
| 2017 | 38 | 3,957 |
| 2018 | 48 | 3,321 |
| 2019 | 80 | 2,277 |
| 2020 | 144 | 1,489 |
| 2021 | 173 | 1,309 |
| 2022 | 194 | 1,242 |
| 2023 | 186 | 1,246 |
| 2024 | 240 | 1,046 |
| 2025 | 355 | 765 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1921 | 6 | 4,115 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,615 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,519 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,488 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,504 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,771 |
| 2025 | 14 | 2,006 |

## People named Kiyomi

- Kiyomi Watanabe, Filipino-Japanese judoka

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.