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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201986peak #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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2025#10,9178—
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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—
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1984#1,70364—
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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 1986

  • 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: #541 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,886 girlsWAIdaho: 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: #494 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,734 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedWIMichigan: #286 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,949 girlsMINew York: #610 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 4,931 girlsNYMassachusetts: 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: #440 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,652 girlsINOhio: #232 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 1,477 girlsOHPennsylvania: #478 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 4,043 girlsPANew Jersey: #421 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,230 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #953 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 9,030 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: #199 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,163 girlsMOKentucky: #470 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,191 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedWVVirginia: #285 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,775 girlsVAMaryland: #181 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,022 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: #432 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,444 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #399 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,963 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #247 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,476 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #445 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,130 girlsOKLouisiana: #253 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,410 girlsLAMississippi: #344 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,964 girlsMSAlabama: #493 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,557 girlsALGeorgia: #230 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,346 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedHITexas: #1,020 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 10,128 girlsTXFlorida: #333 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 2,291 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Maryland#181 · 1 in 1,022
  2. Missouri#199 · 1 in 1,163
  3. Georgia#230 · 1 in 1,346
  4. Ohio#232 · 1 in 1,477
  5. South Carolina#247 · 1 in 1,476

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Maryland#181241 in 1,022
Missouri#199271 in 1,163
Georgia#230281 in 1,346
Ohio#232461 in 1,477
South Carolina#247121 in 1,476
Louisiana#253201 in 1,410
Virginia#285191 in 1,775
Michigan#286291 in 1,949
Florida#333291 in 2,291
Mississippi#34471 in 1,964
North Carolina#399121 in 2,963
New Jersey#421131 in 3,230
Tennessee#43281 in 3,444
Indiana#44091 in 3,652
Oklahoma#44561 in 3,130
Kentucky#47051 in 4,191
Pennsylvania#478171 in 4,043
Alabama#49361 in 3,557
Illinois#494191 in 3,734
Washington#54171 in 3,886
New York#610221 in 4,931
California#953231 in 9,030
Texas#1,020131 in 10,128
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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 1986

girls
#479
447 births · 1 in 3,838 girls
boys
#6,721
5 births · 1 in 368,303 boys

Top girls' names in 1986

  1. #1Jessica52,682
  2. #2Ashley49,671
  3. #3Amanda40,532
  4. #4Jennifer36,187
  5. #5Sarah28,163
  6. #6Stephanie22,651
  7. #7Nicole21,292
  8. #8Brittany20,313
  9. #9Heather19,790
  10. #10Elizabeth19,074
  11. #479Ciera447

Top boys' names in 1986

  1. #1Michael64,235
  2. #2Christopher56,693
  3. #3Matthew46,929
  4. #4Joshua37,542
  5. #5David37,150
  6. #6Daniel36,573
  7. #7James34,057
  8. #8Andrew33,858
  9. #9Robert31,350
  10. #10John30,209
  11. #6,721Ciera5
More about 1986

girls

1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 3,838 of them was named Ciera, which outranked 96.3% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ciera
  1. #475Bobbie451
  2. #475Darlene451
  3. #478Kylie450
  4. #479Ciera447
  5. #479Jacklyn447
  6. #481Beverly446
  7. #481Genevieve446
  8. #483Larissa445

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

Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,719Kyrie#10,677 → #958
  2. ↑ 4,778Sable#5,678 → #900
  3. ↑ 2,034Eliana#2,484 → #450
  4. ↑ 1,497Shatara#2,484 → #987
  5. ↑ 1,374Cherrelle#2,253 → #879
Fallers
  1. ↓ 442Violeta#963 → #1,405
  2. ↓ 361Micaela#545 → #906
  3. ↓ 361Tasia#572 → #933
  4. ↓ 324Jo#925 → #1,249
  5. ↓ 306Tammie#987 → #1,293

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

boys

1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 368,303 of them was named Ciera, which outranked 14.2% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ciera
  1. #5,926Zeno6
  2. #5,926Zeshan6
  3. #5,926Zubin6
  4. #6,721Ciera5
  5. #6,721Aalok5
  6. #6,721Aamer5
  7. #6,721Aaronjames5

Tied with 1,109 names at #6,721; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,279Spenser#2,226 → #947
  2. ↑ 920Jayce#1,614 → #694
  3. ↑ 714Addison#1,228 → #514
  4. ↑ 649Payton#1,614 → #965
  5. ↑ 573Cordell#1,181 → #608
Fallers
  1. ↓ 409Ulises#877 → #1,286
  2. ↓ 365Eliot#934 → #1,299
  3. ↓ 322Jordy#998 → #1,320
  4. ↓ 313Trace#956 → #1,269
  5. ↓ 292Kennith#963 → #1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1986 →