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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201987peak #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—
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—
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1986#479447#6,7215
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1984#1,70364—
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1982#3,34425—
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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 1987

  • 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: #337 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 2,268 girlsILWisconsin: #570 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,790 girlsWIMichigan: #279 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 1,932 girlsMINew York: #971 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 9,322 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: #528 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,588 girlsINOhio: #216 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 1,328 girlsOHPennsylvania: #508 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 4,326 girlsPANew Jersey: #376 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,563 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #717 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 5,661 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: #206 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 1,202 girlsMOKentucky: #414 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,481 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedWVVirginia: #273 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,737 girlsVAMaryland: #152 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 880 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: #332 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,030 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedARTennessee: #555 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,703 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #240 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,490 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #207 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,136 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #191 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,096 girlsLAMississippi: #451 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,660 girlsMSAlabama: #356 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,393 girlsALGeorgia: #300 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,960 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedHITexas: #602 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 4,602 girlsTXFlorida: #245 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 1,509 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Maryland#152 · 1 in 880
  2. Louisiana#191 · 1 in 1,096
  3. Missouri#206 · 1 in 1,202
  4. South Carolina#207 · 1 in 1,136
  5. Ohio#216 · 1 in 1,328

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Maryland#152291 in 880
Louisiana#191241 in 1,096
Missouri#206261 in 1,202
South Carolina#207161 in 1,136
Ohio#216511 in 1,328
North Carolina#240251 in 1,490
Florida#245461 in 1,509
Virginia#273201 in 1,737
Michigan#279301 in 1,932
Georgia#300201 in 1,960
Kansas#33271 in 2,030
Illinois#337321 in 2,268
Alabama#35691 in 2,393
New Jersey#376171 in 2,563
Kentucky#41461 in 3,481
Mississippi#45151 in 2,660
Pennsylvania#508161 in 4,326
Indiana#52871 in 4,588
Tennessee#55561 in 4,703
Wisconsin#57051 in 5,790
Texas#602281 in 4,602
California#717381 in 5,661
New York#971121 in 9,322
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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 1987

girls
#430
520 births · 1 in 3,344 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. #430Ciera520
More about 1987

girls

1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 3,344 of them was named Ciera, which outranked 96.8% 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 Ciera
  1. #426Juanita524
  2. #426Lakeisha524
  3. #429Ariana523
  4. #430Ciera520
  5. #431Laurie519
  6. #432Rita518
  7. #433Kathy517
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 →