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Aoi

#10,181 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Hollyhock, althea

Aoi has been given to 244 babies in the U.S. since 1994. In 2025 it ranked #10,181 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2014, with 14 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 85% girls, 15% boys all-time.

Babies named Aoi, 2025

1 in 368,000

Aoi over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Aoi over time

In 2025, Aoi went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19942025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Aoi: meaning, origin, and history

Hollyhock, althea

Japanese

What Aoi means

Aoi means “hollyhock, althea”.

Origin, language, and formation

Aoi is used in English and French. Its origins include Japanese.

Pronunciation and spelling

In French, Aoi is pronounced /a.ɔ.i/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 208 girls were recorded with the name Aoi between 1994 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 14 in 2014; its best national rank was #7,876 in 2017.

Over 10 years its rank rose, from #11,936 in 2015 to #10,181 in 2025.

In the United States, 36 boys were recorded with the name Aoi between 2010 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2016; its best national rank was #7,627 in 2016.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Aoi?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 368,000
9 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 179,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#10,181
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
255,323 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Aoi sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 255,323 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Aoi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Aois were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Aoi was born before 2009 — so the typical Aoi is around 16 today.

Median birth year
2009
About 16 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
45.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
85.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
208
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Choose a decade

2010s — 45.7% of all recorded uses (95).

Is Aoi rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
+1,755
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.13×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
64.3%
Peak was 2014 (14)
Years since peak
11
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
36.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#7,876
2017

Where Aoi is used

Across 1910–2025, Aoi was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 3,202,555 across all states with data.

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Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Aoi has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Aoi around the world

Where Aoi ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2018–2018
    #5,666
    in 2018
  • France
    2013–2013
    #7,006
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Aoi by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#10,181
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#7,876
2017
Peak year
2014
14 that year
First recorded
1994
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
208
Count in 2025
9

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#7,627
2016
Peak year
2016
10 that year
First recorded
2010
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
36
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Aoi

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Aoi

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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