Aoi
A unisex name of Japanese origin, meaning blue or hollyhock.
Babies a year
14
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list
Aoi by the numbers
Aoi was given to 14 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 14 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Aoi. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Aoi
Names that are said the same way as Aoi, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Awaborn on Thursday11 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean blue
Like Aoi, each of these has blue in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Indigoindigo dye; deep blue color82 in England and Wales (2025)
- Sapphireprecious blue gemstone; from sappheiros60 in England and Wales (2025)
- Saphirasapphire; precious blue stone; a form of Sapphira141 in the US (2017)
- Niladark blue; indigo64 in England and Wales (2025)
- Azulblue116 in the US (2017)
- Neelblue, sapphire115 in the US (2017)