Ciera

#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · Last seen for boys in 1986 at #6,721
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1993 · 682 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
11,367
since 1979

Ciera over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Ciera has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201985peak #375, 1993girls
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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
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#10,9178—
2024#9,55610—
2023#8,48612—
2022#9,05611—
2021#7,25015—
2020#6,92316—
2019#5,04126—
2018#5,78521—
2017#5,66122—
2016#3,84939—
2015#4,29533—
2014#3,27249—
2013#3,57343—
2012#2,77063—
2011#2,27482—
2010#1,794114—
2009#1,901110—
2008#1,597142—
2007#1,459160—
2006#1,077236—
2005#804322—
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1999#524483—
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1986#479447#6,7215
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1984#1,70364—
1983#2,06948—
1982#3,34425—
1981#6,8049—
1980#10,3925—
1979#10,2105—
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First appearance
1979

The first year at least five girls were named Ciera! It came in at #10,210, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1979–1980, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Ciera is popular in 1985

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedMNIllinois: #655 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,615 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedWIMichigan: #420 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 3,368 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedINOhio: #362 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 2,879 girlsOHPennsylvania: #648 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 6,914 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,365 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 15,558 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedNEMissouri: #274 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,893 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedWVVirginia: #420 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,295 girlsVAMaryland: #304 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,010 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #360 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,540 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #353 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,229 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #357 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,149 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedALGeorgia: #333 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,182 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedHITexas: #1,290 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 14,817 girlsTXFlorida: #441 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 3,107 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Missouri#274 · 1 in 1,893
  2. Maryland#304 · 1 in 2,010
  3. Georgia#333 · 1 in 2,182
  4. South Carolina#353 · 1 in 2,229
  5. Louisiana#357 · 1 in 2,149

Best ever in a state: #152 in Maryland, 1987.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Missouri#274171 in 1,893
Maryland#304121 in 2,010
Georgia#333171 in 2,182
South Carolina#35381 in 2,229
Louisiana#357141 in 2,149
North Carolina#360141 in 2,540
Ohio#362241 in 2,879
Michigan#420171 in 3,368
Virginia#420101 in 3,295
Florida#441211 in 3,107
Pennsylvania#648101 in 6,914
Illinois#655131 in 5,615
Texas#1,29091 in 14,817
California#1,365131 in 15,558
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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 Ciera
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 1,361 spots since 2024 (#9,556 → #10,917)
  • 3,994 spots since 2020 (#6,923 → #10,917)
  • 6,622 spots since 2015 (#4,295 → #10,917)
  • Biggest jump: 1,002 spots in 1985 (#1,703 → #701)
  • Biggest drop: 273 spots in 2006 (#804 → #1,077)
Rise & fade · girls
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1979
  • Peaked 1993 at #375 (682 births)
  • Births halved by 2003, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 21 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1985–2005
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,653
  • Highest: 1 in 2,653 girls born in 1993 were named Ciera (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 49.3% of all girls named Ciera (5,605) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s5#10,210 (1979)#10,210
1980s2,383#430 (1987)#2,684
1990s5,605#375 (1993)#453
2000s2,810#552 (2000)#1,037
2010s492#1,794 (2010)#3,831
2020s72#6,923 (2020)#8,698

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.

Ciera in 1985

girls
#701
249 births · 1 in 6,911 girls

Top girls' names in 1985

  1. #1Jessica48,345
  2. #2Ashley47,010
  3. #3Jennifer42,661
  4. #4Amanda39,055
  5. #5Sarah24,879
  6. #6Stephanie23,243
  7. #7Nicole22,966
  8. #8Heather21,151
  9. #9Elizabeth20,545
  10. #10Megan20,013
  11. #701Ciera249
More about 1985

girls

1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 6,911 of them was named Ciera, which outranked 94.4% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ciera
  1. #698Nicolette250
  2. #698Olga250
  3. #698Peggy250
  4. #701Ciera249
  5. #701Beatriz249
  6. #701Lakeshia249
  7. #701Leeann249
  8. #705Cristal248
  9. #705Tami248
  10. #707Jenelle247

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

Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. ↑ 7,360Kayleigh#8,153 → #793
  2. ↑ 1,675Madison#2,299 → #624
  3. ↑ 1,167Cierra#1,633 → #466
  4. ↑ 1,002Ciera#1,703 → #701
  5. ↑ 787Krystina#1,332 → #545
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,164Grisel#784 → #1,948
  2. ↓ 893Ciji#963 → #1,856
  3. ↓ 419Falon#914 → #1,333
  4. ↓ 364Alesia#969 → #1,333
  5. ↓ 362Echo#845 → #1,207

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

See the top 100 for 1985 →