Meaning and history
Kiyoshi is a Japanese name written with 清 or 淳, both meaning “pure,” though it can also be formed with other kanji or combinations of kanji.
20062006: 9 births, rank #7,998
2007: 12 births, rank #6,622
2008: 12 births, rank #6,763
2009: 10 births, rank #7,692
2010: 12 births, rank #6,698
20112011: 12 births, rank #6,578
2012: 9 births, rank #8,158
2013: 13 births, rank #6,241
2014: 11 births, rank #7,048
2015: 5 births, rank #12,086
20162016: 5 births, rank #12,185
2017: 8 births, rank #8,840
2018: 11 births, rank #7,136
2019: 13 births, rank #6,406
2020: 7 births, rank #9,554
20212021: 12 births, rank #6,698
2022: 9 births, rank #8,300
2023: 11 births, rank #7,289
2024: 8 births, rank #8,987
20252025: 9 births, rank #8,243
Kiyoshi rose from #940 to #863 for boys between 1924 and 1925. Its highest annual birth count came in 1923, with 66 births.