Kiyoko vs Kiyoshi

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Kiyoko Kiyoshi

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 82 years in which either name was published, Kiyoshi for 62 years and Kiyoko for 20 years. The lead changed hands 22 times.

• 1914–1916 Kiyoshi ahead
• 1920–1922 Kiyoko ahead
• 1923–1938 Kiyoshi ahead, apart from 2 short spells
• 1981–1985 Kiyoko ahead
• 1986–2023 Kiyoshi ahead, apart from one short spell

15 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.

Side by side

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Kiyoshis alive today are over 19; half the Kiyokos are over 16. That is 3 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

Where each one is strongest

• Kiyoko Hawaii (191.5×), California (3.9×)
• Kiyoshi Hawaii (168.5×), California (4.5×)

How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.

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