Cierra

Where Cierra comes from

The dictionaries list Cierra as a given name — a female given name from Irish of modern American usage, variant of Ciara or Sierra — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Irish
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1978
    First appearance
    #9,750 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1995
    Cierra Ramirez born
    American actress and singer
  3. 1997
    Peak, #180
    1,677 babies named Cierra — more than any year before or since.
  4. 2005
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #413.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Irish of modern American usage, variant of Ciara or Sierra.
Namesakes
  • Cierra Ramirez · American actress and singer, born 1995

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.