Kior
#3,743 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Kior has been given to 548 babies in the U.S. since 2017. In 2025 it ranked #3,743 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 61 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 65% girls, 35% boys all-time.
Babies named Kior, 2025
1 in 82,900
Kior over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Kior over time
In 2025, Kior went to 37% girls and 63% boys.
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.
How common is Kior?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 82,900
- 40 of 3,315,165 births
- Among girls only
- 1 in 40,200
- <0.01% of girls
- Rank, 2025
- #3,743
- of 17,293 girls’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 57,449 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Kior sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 57,449 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Kior. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Kiors were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Kior was born before 2022 — so the typical Kior is around 3 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2020s
- 81.8% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 100.0%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 358
- People you could plausibly meet
2020s — 81.8% of all recorded uses (293).
Is Kior 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
- −383
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- −579
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not ranked then
- Births vs 10 years ago
- —
- Not published both years
- Share of its own peak
- 65.6%
- Peak was 2022 (61)
- Years since peak
- 3
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 30.8% average annual change
Spellings of Kior
Kior is not the most common spelling — Kim is, with 44.0% against Kior's 0.09%.
Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.
Where Kior is used — girls
Across 2016–2025, Kior was most concentrated in Georgia — about 1 in 14,286 girls, against 1 in 42,876 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in 100,000).
Most concentrated
- 1Georgia1 in 14,286
- 2Louisiana1 in 16,667
- 3Illinois1 in 50,000
- 4Texas1 in 50,000
- 5Florida1 in 100,000
- 6New Jersey1 in 100,000
- 7Ohio1 in 100,000
- 8Pennsylvania1 in 100,000
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.
Where Kior is used — boys
Across 1910–2025, Kior was most concentrated in Florida — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 904,959 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1Florida1 in —
- 2Georgia1 in —
- 3North Carolina1 in —
- 4Ohio1 in —
- 5Texas1 in —
Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys 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. Kior has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Kior by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
As a girl's name
Names similar to Kior
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Kior
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.