Kyomi
Feminine
Kyomi is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 1,363 girls against 6 boys since 1880.
Kyomi is a short name with a bright open ending — the same -mi close that Naomi and Noemi carry, and that the Japanese name Kiyomi has worn for generations. It is one of those names that arrives in a classroom already easy to say, while still being new enough that almost every Kyomi meets is the first one someone has met. Nearly all of its bearers in the United States are small children, with Texas, Florida and California showing it most.
How old is the name Kyomi?
Kyomi first appears in US birth records in 1982 — 43 years ago. Kyomi is overwhelmingly a brand-new baby name right now — most Kyomis are still in diapers. About 1,400 people named Kyomi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Kyomi most popular?
Kyomi peaked in 2025, reaching #546 nationally. Today it ranks #546, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Kyomi
Every part of this name is already familiar to an English ear, which is part of why it needed no introduction when it began appearing on American birth records. The Ky- opening belongs to Kyle and Kyra; the -mi ending belongs to Naomi, Noemi, Mimi. Somewhere between them sits Kiyomi, a name Japanese families have used for a long time, close enough to Kyomi that the two are often heard as one. Its story in the United States is being written now, mostly in the Southwest and Florida, by parents who have chosen it for daughters still young enough to be learning to spell it.
Meaningnot established
Not established
No meaning is established for the spelling Kyomi. What is documented is the closely similar Japanese given name Kiyomi, written most often with characters for 'pure' and 'beauty' — but there is no record showing that American Kyomis descend from it rather than from the sound itself, alongside names like Naomi and Kyoko.
Pronouncing Kyomi
KYOH-mee
Two syllables is the usual American reading, with the K and Y sliding together. Some families say it in three, kee-OH-mee, closer to Japanese Kiyomi. Both are in use, so expect to state your preference once and then be understood.
Nicknames for Kyomi
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1982
- Most girls named
- 2025551 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #546reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +115.2%551 in 2025, from 256
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Kyomi in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Kiyomi in Japanese — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, Florida, California.
Kyomis among us
people named Kyomi are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 2,917 born in 2025 was named Kyomi
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Kyomi
- #546
- Kyomi on the 2025 chart
- #325
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Kyomi went to 551 girls in 2025, but Kiyomi, Kiomi and Kyomii and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 7 spellings went to 961, which makes it the 325th most-given girls’ name of the year — 221 places above the chart.
- Kyomi551
- Kiyomi355
- Kiomi25
- Kyomii10
- Khyomi8
- Kiyomii7
- Khiyomi5
About 1 girl in 1,672 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 2,917 for Kyomi itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Maxie test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Kyomi's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Maxie climbed just as high around 1908, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Maxie's path sketches the road Kyomi is walking now.
Kyomi is climbing fast right now. Steep climbs tend to come with steep descents — the quicker a name arrives, the more firmly it belongs to its moment.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Kyomi is headed
Kyomi is on a steep climb — if the curve holds, 2030 could see around 95% more babies given the name than today. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Kyomi beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Kyomi in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Phonetically transparent for English speakers: it is read correctly on sight far more often than most names this uncommon.
- Short — two syllables in ordinary American use — and pairs easily with longer surnames.
- Sounds like names people already know, sharing its ending with Naomi and Noemi and its opening with Kyra.
- Has a documented near-twin in the Japanese name Kiyomi, which gives it a foothold in more than one language.
- Uncommon enough that a Kyomi is unlikely to share her name with anyone in her school.
- The spelling and the pronunciation both have a rival: Kiyomi on paper, kee-OH-mee aloud. Neither is wrong, but you will be correcting one or the other fairly often, and so will she.
- No meaning is settled for this spelling. If a firm answer to 'what does it mean' matters to you, this name will not supply one — though it can point to the Japanese Kiyomi as its nearest documented relative.
- It is being given almost entirely to babies right now, so there are few adult Kyomis to borrow a first impression from. That cuts both ways: nothing to live up to, and nothing to live down.
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Frequently asked
- How many Kyomis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,400 people named Kyomi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Kyomi?
- Kyomi is the most-used spelling in US records — 551 of the 961 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Kiyomi, Kiomi, Kyomii, Khyomi, Kiyomii and Khiyomi.
- How popular is the name Kyomi in 2025?
- Kyomi ranks #546 among US girl names in 2025, with 551 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Kyomi?
- About 1 in every 2,917 US girls born in 2025 was named Kyomi — 551 in all.
- Will my child share the name Kyomi with classmates?
- Kyomi will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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