Kaori
given name · Latin script
Meaning: weibl. Vom. japanischer Herkunft (»Duft«)
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Kaori is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Japan than in any other country, where it is the 18th most common given name.
- JPJapan≈1 in 468(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 148K
- AUAustralia≈1 in 81K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Japan (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 185 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 468 (inferred from the name graph)
≈270,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Japan, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
weibl. Vom. japanischer Herkunft (»Duft«).
Sources 1
- DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Kaori counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP Japan | #18 | ≈270,000 est. | ≈1 in 468 | — | Kaori | 156 |
| US United States | — | 2,252 | 1 in 148K | 2.2K | Kaori | 185 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈310 est. | ≈1 in 81K | 1 | — | 1 |
| BR Brazil | — | 302 | 1 in 701K | 302 | — | 1 |
| PE Peru | — | ≈220 est. | ≈1 in 149K | — | Kaori | 21 |
| NZ New Zealand | — | ≈24 est. | ≈1 in 203K | — | Kaori | 8 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Kaori is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Spanish, Perfume
as a name25,000 nombres de bebé. La mejor guía para escoger el nombre adecuado
Profumo
as a nameIl grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Kaori Momoib. 1951JPJapanese actress
- Kaori Yamagatab. 1963JPJapanese voice actress
- Bonnie Pinkb. 1973JPnot in their usual nameJapanese singer-songwriter (1973–)
- Kaori Mizuhashib. 1974JPJapanese voice actress
- Kaori Manabeb. 1980JPJapanese female talent (1980-)
- Kaori Ichob. 1984JPOlympic wrestler
- Kaori Nazukab. 1985JPJapanese voice actress
- Kaori Matsumotob. 1987JPJapanese judoka
- Kaori Ishiharab. 1993JPJapanese idol, voice actress
- Kaori Yukib. 2000JPJapanese manga artist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 40 sources across 23 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2.2K | #6,942 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 302 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 286 | #18,957 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2020 | 262 | — |
| BR Brazil | Brasil.IO genero-nomes (IBGE Censo 2010 mirror, CC-BY-SA) | — | 192 | #14,445 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2010 | 175 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 172 | #27,500 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2022 | 106 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2023 | 100 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 98 | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2000 | 95 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2021 | 93 | — |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Kaori mean?
- Recorded meaning: weibl. Vom. japanischer Herkunft (»Duft«).
- Is Kaori a male or female name?
- Kaori is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Kaori have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 268 thousand people named Kaori in Japan, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled kaori.
- How common is the name Kaori?
- In the United States, the national register counted 2,252 people named Kaori in 2020, about 1 in 148 thousand residents.
- How common is Kaori compared with other names?
- In Japan, Kaori is the 18th most common given name of 366,905 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/kaoriThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kaori” — the 18th most common given name in Japan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.