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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #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
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2025#10,9178—
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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—
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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 1990

  • 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: #773 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,181 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: #472 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 3,271 girlsILWisconsin: #515 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,190 girlsWIMichigan: #289 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 1,893 girlsMINew York: #555 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 3,937 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedRIOregon: #446 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,797 girlsORNevada: 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: #325 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,345 girlsINOhio: #207 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 1,313 girlsOHPennsylvania: #368 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 2,689 girlsPANew Jersey: #508 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,997 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,079 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 10,094 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedCONebraska: #242 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,313 girlsNEMissouri: #283 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,932 girlsMOKentucky: #258 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,770 girlsKYWest Virginia: #237 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,465 girlsWVVirginia: #277 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,799 girlsVAMaryland: #305 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,026 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedDEArizona: #421 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,387 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedNMKansas: #423 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,792 girlsKSArkansas: #406 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,525 girlsARTennessee: #415 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,019 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #264 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,703 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #288 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,821 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #303 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,745 girlsOKLouisiana: #239 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,336 girlsLAMississippi: #281 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,531 girlsMSAlabama: #235 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,405 girlsALGeorgia: #248 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,524 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Ciera, so not publishedHITexas: #1,007 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 9,172 girlsTXFlorida: #269 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 1,720 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Ohio#207 · 1 in 1,313
  2. Alabama#235 · 1 in 1,405
  3. West Virginia#237 · 1 in 1,465
  4. Louisiana#239 · 1 in 1,336
  5. Nebraska#242 · 1 in 1,313

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Ohio#207541 in 1,313
Alabama#235161 in 1,405
West Virginia#23761 in 1,465
Louisiana#239191 in 1,336
Nebraska#24271 in 1,313
Georgia#248281 in 1,524
Kentucky#258121 in 1,770
North Carolina#264241 in 1,703
Florida#269461 in 1,720
Virginia#277211 in 1,799
Mississippi#28191 in 1,531
Missouri#283171 in 1,932
South Carolina#288111 in 1,821
Michigan#289331 in 1,893
Oklahoma#303101 in 1,745
Maryland#305141 in 2,026
Indiana#325151 in 2,345
Pennsylvania#368271 in 2,689
Arkansas#40651 in 2,525
Tennessee#415101 in 3,019
Arizona#421111 in 2,387
Kansas#42351 in 2,792
Oregon#44661 in 2,797
Illinois#472241 in 3,271
New Jersey#508121 in 3,997
Wisconsin#51571 in 4,190
New York#555311 in 3,937
Washington#77351 in 6,181
Texas#1,007151 in 9,172
California#1,079261 in 10,094
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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 1990

girls
#443
560 births · 1 in 3,390 girls

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #443Ciera560
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 3,390 of them was named Ciera, which outranked 97.1% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ciera
  1. #440Bridgette569
  2. #441Alaina567
  3. #442Stephany564
  4. #443Ciera560
  5. #444Kali558
  6. #445Julianne557
  7. #446Kerry556
Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,592Alannah#6,531 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,178Symone#1,998 → #820
  3. ↑ 869Shelbi#1,750 → #881
  4. ↑ 831Latifah#1,532 → #701
  5. ↑ 828Skyler#1,564 → #736
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,554Elizabet#524 → #3,078
  2. ↓ 1,572Katherin#717 → #2,289
  3. ↓ 652Stephani#390 → #1,042
  4. ↓ 504Ashanti#893 → #1,397
  5. ↓ 416Audrianna#759 → #1,175

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

See the top 100 for 1990 →