Kior
Girl name · #3776 in 2025 · Uniqueness 82/100
Kior is currently the #3776 girl name in the United States — 40 babies received it in 2025. It has appeared in the national data since 2017. Roughly one in every 45,000 girls born in 2025 was named Kior.
Babies named Kior per year, 1880–2025. Source: SSA.
The 8-year story
Kior first appears in the Social Security records in 2017, when 20 girls received the name. Its all-time peak is essentially right now: 2022, with 61 babies and a rank of #2792. Names at their peak can keep climbing — or be one trend cycle from the long slide that eventually hits most popular names. Following the curve matters more than today's snapshot: a name's position on its rise-peak-decline arc is the best predictor of how common it will feel in a kindergarten class five years from now.
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Uniqueness: will there be another Kior in class?
Kior scores 82 out of 100 on our uniqueness scale, which blends current rarity with five-year momentum — putting it in the "rare" band. A high score means genuine rarity — your Kior will likely be the only one in the room, with the occasional spelling-out as the price.
Where Kior is most common
State-level data for Kior is sparse in 2025 — the name's footprint is too small for most states to report (the SSA suppresses counts under 5 per state for privacy).
Names like Kior
Statistically, parents drawn to Kior tend to be choosing among names with similar popularity arcs, era profiles, and sounds — the closest matches in our model are Kaior, Kaoir, Dior, Knova, and Kairo.
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Rank history (last 25 years)
| Year | Babies named Kior | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3712 |
| 2024 | 47 | #3335 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3763 |
| 2022 | 61 | #2792 |
| 2021 | 55 | #3002 |
| 2020 | 50 | #3141 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4773 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6792 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6044 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Kior a popular girl name?
Kior ranked #3776 among girls in 2025 with 40 babies given the name — outside the top 500, making it an uncommon pick. Ten years earlier it ranked outside the reported range.
When was the name Kior most popular?
Kior peaked in 2022, when 61 American girls received the name (ranked #2792 that year). That peak is current — the name is at or near its all-time high right now.
How rare is the name Kior?
In 2025, roughly 1 in 45,000 newborn American girls was named Kior. It scores 82/100 on our uniqueness scale (rarity blended with momentum), which we classify as "rare".
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration name statistics, 1880–2025, national and state files. Counts reflect Social Security card applications; names with fewer than 5 occurrences in a state-year are suppressed by the SSA.