Ciara

#1,406 for girls in 2025, 155 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,229
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2005 · 2,325 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
34,876
since 1972

Ciara over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Ciara has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201987peak #149, 2005girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#1,406155—
2024#1,358168—
2023#1,330170—
2022#1,246193—
2021#1,143215—
2020#1,214188—
2019#1,170204—
2018#1,006259—
2017#1,054244—
2016#869324—
2015#757372—
2014#672424—
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2012#602475—
2011#524556—
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2009#364888—
2008#3221,041—
2007#2571,364—
2006#2131,609—
2005#1492,325—
2004#322980—
2003#383791—
2002#335904—
2001#3151,005—
2000#2821,139—
1999#2561,219—
1998#2501,232—
1997#2111,401—
1996#2051,429—
1995#1871,586—
1994#2081,401—
1993#2051,436—
1992#2101,370—
1991#2661,050—
1990#294944—
1989#295884#6,2297
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1977#2,42336—
1976#2,79227—
1975#2,81126—
1974#3,86316—
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First appearance
1972

The first year at least five girls were named Ciara! It came in at #8,292, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1972–1973, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Ciara is popular in 1987

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #183 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 715 girlsAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Ciara, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Ciara, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Ciara, so not publishedNHWashington: #260 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,510 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Ciara, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Ciara, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ciara, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Ciara, so not publishedMNIllinois: #400 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 2,792 girlsILWisconsin: #415 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,619 girlsWIMichigan: #254 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 1,705 girlsMINew York: #352 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 2,193 girlsNYMassachusetts: #411 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,262 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Ciara, so not publishedRIOregon: #443 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,063 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Ciara, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Ciara, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ciara, so not publishedSDIowa: #397 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,127 girlsIAIndiana: #283 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,889 girlsINOhio: #225 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 1,382 girlsOHPennsylvania: #274 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 1,923 girlsPANew Jersey: #243 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,556 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Ciara, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #539 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 3,709 girlsCAUtah: #380 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,233 girlsUTColorado: #354 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,332 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Ciara, so not publishedNEMissouri: #150 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 893 girlsMOKentucky: #481 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,177 girlsKYWest Virginia: #206 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,134 girlsWVVirginia: #199 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,198 girlsVAMaryland: #199 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,109 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Ciara, so not publishedDEArizona: #284 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,527 girlsAZNew Mexico: #376 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,903 girlsNMKansas: #297 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,776 girlsKSArkansas: #264 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,533 girlsARTennessee: #272 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,764 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #252 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,620 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #262 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,514 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #105 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 438 girlsDCOklahoma: #406 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,560 girlsOKLouisiana: #214 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,196 girlsLAMississippi: #300 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,663 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Ciara, so not publishedALGeorgia: #231 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,452 girlsGAHawaii: #254 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 970 girlsHITexas: #483 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 3,304 girlsTXFlorida: #164 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 978 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. District of Columbia#105 · 1 in 438
  2. Missouri#150 · 1 in 893
  3. Florida#164 · 1 in 978
  4. Alaska#183 · 1 in 715
  5. Maryland#199 · 1 in 1,109

Best ever in a state: #62 in South Dakota, 2005.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#105131 in 438
Missouri#150351 in 893
Florida#164711 in 978
Alaska#18351 in 715
Maryland#199231 in 1,109
Virginia#199291 in 1,198
West Virginia#20681 in 1,134
Louisiana#214221 in 1,196
Ohio#225491 in 1,382
Georgia#231271 in 1,452
New Jersey#243281 in 1,556
North Carolina#252231 in 1,620
Hawaii#25451 in 970
Michigan#254341 in 1,705
Washington#260181 in 1,510
South Carolina#262121 in 1,514
Arkansas#26481 in 1,533
Tennessee#272161 in 1,764
Pennsylvania#274361 in 1,923
Indiana#283171 in 1,889
Arizona#284161 in 1,527
Kansas#29781 in 1,776
Mississippi#30081 in 1,663
New York#352511 in 2,193
Colorado#35491 in 2,332
New Mexico#37651 in 1,903
Utah#38061 in 2,233
Iowa#39751 in 3,127
Illinois#400261 in 2,792
Oklahoma#40671 in 2,560
Massachusetts#411111 in 3,262
Wisconsin#41581 in 3,619
Oregon#44351 in 3,063
Kentucky#48151 in 4,177
Texas#483391 in 3,304
California#539581 in 3,709
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Ciara
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 48 spots since 2024 (#1,358 → #1,406)
  • 192 spots since 2020 (#1,214 → #1,406)
  • 649 spots since 2015 (#757 → #1,406)
  • Biggest jump: 296 spots in 1985 (#705 → #409)
  • Biggest drop: 185 spots in 2017 (#869 → #1,054)
Rise & fade · girls
33 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1972
  • Peaked 2005 at #149 (2,325 births)
  • Births halved by 2008, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 35 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 35 yrs · run 1982–2016
Share of babies · girls
1 in 795
  • Highest: 1 in 795 girls born in 2005 were named Ciara (0.13%)
  • Latest: 1 in 10,369 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 37.5% of all girls named Ciara (13,068) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s232#1,555 (1979)#3,389
1980s4,445#295 (1989)#659
1990s13,068#187 (1995)#229
2000s12,046#149 (2005)#294
2010s3,996#439 (2010)#774
2020s1,089#1,143 (2021)#1,283

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Ciara in 1987

girls
#314
770 births · 1 in 2,258 girls

Top girls' names in 1987

  1. #1Jessica55,992
  2. #2Ashley54,856
  3. #3Amanda41,786
  4. #4Jennifer32,710
  5. #5Sarah27,894
  6. #6Stephanie22,402
  7. #7Brittany22,231
  8. #8Nicole20,286
  9. #9Heather18,982
  10. #10Elizabeth18,608
  11. #314Ciara770
More about 1987

girls

1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 2,258 of them was named Ciara, which outranked 97.6% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ciara
  1. #311Cierra784
  2. #312Daisy774
  3. #312Shauna774
  4. #314Ciara770
  5. #314Alice770
  6. #316Johanna769
  7. #317Brianne763
  8. #317Carol763

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,808Janay#2,195 → #387
  2. ↑ 1,048Channing#1,638 → #590
  3. ↑ 786Ayla#1,380 → #594
  4. ↑ 714Yessenia#1,439 → #725
  5. ↑ 648Denisse#1,602 → #954
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,153Halley#580 → #1,733
  2. ↓ 674Cherrelle#879 → #1,553
  3. ↓ 637Sharday#933 → #1,570
  4. ↓ 613Sharde#873 → #1,486
  5. ↓ 539Shardae#832 → #1,371

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1987 →