Cierra

#2,719 for girls in 2025, 63 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #8,927
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1997 · 1,677 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
27,623
since 1978

Cierra over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Cierra has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202006peak #180, 1997girls
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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#2,71963—
2024#2,88957—
2023#3,64042—
2022#3,53644—
2021#3,80139—
2020#2,89056—
2019#2,78460—
2018#3,10752—
2017#2,66465—
2016#2,30882—
2015#1,872109—
2014#1,706123—
2013#1,557139—
2012#1,374170—
2011#1,280185—
2010#1,046237—
2009#1,048247—
2008#789369—
2007#715409—
2006#563522—
2005#413756—
2004#349915#8,9277
2003#2891,076—
2002#2511,269—
2001#2311,372—
2000#2301,383—
1999#1971,573—
1998#1811,687—
1997#1801,677—
1996#1871,596—
1995#1861,596—
1994#2051,415—
1993#2081,403—
1992#2681,052—
1991#2711,014—
1990#2681,043#5,8238
1989#303859#5,1659
1988#339725#5,7517
1987#311784#6,9515
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1984#1,63367—
1983#1,81758—
1982#2,36941—
1981#4,53216—
1980#4,97814—
1979#5,09213—
1978#9,7505—
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First appearance
1978

The first year at least five girls were named Cierra! It came in at #9,750, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1978, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Cierra is popular in 2006

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Cierra, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Cierra, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Cierra, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Cierra, so not publishedNHWashington: #442 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,042 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Cierra, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Cierra, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cierra, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #831 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,373 girlsMNIllinois: #848 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 5,242 girlsILWisconsin: #482 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,518 girlsWIMichigan: #469 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,622 girlsMINew York: #626 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 3,575 girlsNYMassachusetts: #647 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,061 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Cierra, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Cierra, so not publishedORNevada: #562 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,502 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Cierra, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cierra, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Cierra, so not publishedIAIndiana: #528 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,757 girlsINOhio: #391 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 2,122 girlsOHPennsylvania: #448 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 2,406 girlsPANew Jersey: #996 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,784 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Cierra, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #870 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 5,726 girlsCAUtah: #349 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,451 girlsUTColorado: #467 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,111 girlsCONebraska: #301 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,203 girlsNEMissouri: #477 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,475 girlsMOKentucky: #258 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,194 girlsKYWest Virginia: #244 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,002 girlsWVVirginia: #616 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,442 girlsVAMaryland: #437 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,096 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Cierra, so not publishedDEArizona: #684 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,481 girlsAZNew Mexico: #451 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,685 girlsNMKansas: #581 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,764 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Cierra, so not publishedARTennessee: #644 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,531 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #447 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,243 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #395 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,723 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Cierra, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #724 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,501 girlsOKLouisiana: #483 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,222 girlsLAMississippi: #393 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,563 girlsMSAlabama: #497 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,264 girlsALGeorgia: #467 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 2,341 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Cierra, so not publishedHITexas: #722 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 4,261 girlsTXFlorida: #522 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 2,875 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. West Virginia#244 · 1 in 1,002
  2. Kentucky#258 · 1 in 1,194
  3. Nebraska#301 · 1 in 1,203
  4. Utah#349 · 1 in 1,451
  5. Ohio#391 · 1 in 2,122

Best ever in a state: #63 in District of Columbia, 1993.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#24471 in 1,002
Kentucky#258171 in 1,194
Nebraska#30171 in 1,203
Utah#349131 in 1,451
Ohio#391271 in 2,122
Mississippi#39381 in 1,563
South Carolina#395111 in 1,723
Maryland#437121 in 2,096
Washington#442151 in 2,042
North Carolina#447211 in 2,243
Pennsylvania#448231 in 2,406
New Mexico#45151 in 1,685
Colorado#467121 in 2,111
Georgia#467231 in 2,341
Michigan#469181 in 2,622
Missouri#477121 in 2,475
Wisconsin#482101 in 2,518
Louisiana#48391 in 2,222
Alabama#49791 in 2,264
Florida#522311 in 2,875
Indiana#528121 in 2,757
Nevada#56251 in 2,502
Kansas#58151 in 2,764
Virginia#616111 in 3,442
New York#626271 in 3,575
Tennessee#64491 in 3,531
Massachusetts#64771 in 4,061
Arizona#684111 in 3,481
Texas#722391 in 4,261
Oklahoma#72451 in 3,501
Minnesota#83151 in 5,373
Illinois#848131 in 5,242
California#870411 in 5,726
New Jersey#99661 in 6,784
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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 Cierra
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 170 spots since 2024 (#2,889 → #2,719)
  • 171 spots since 2020 (#2,890 → #2,719)
  • 847 spots since 2015 (#1,872 → #2,719)
  • Biggest jump: 1,167 spots in 1985 (#1,633 → #466)
  • Biggest drop: 259 spots in 2009 (#789 → #1,048)
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1978
  • Peaked 1997 at #180 (1,677 births)
  • Births halved by 2005, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 24 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1985–2008
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,038
  • Highest: 1 in 1,038 girls born in 1997 were named Cierra (0.10%)
  • Latest: 1 in 25,512 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 50.9% of all girls named Cierra (14,056) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s18#5,092 (1979)#7,421
1980s3,708#303 (1989)#1,710
1990s14,056#180 (1997)#215
2000s8,318#230 (2000)#488
2010s1,222#1,046 (2010)#1,970
2020s301#2,719 (2025)#3,246

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.

Cierra in 2006

girls
#563
522 births · 1 in 3,642 girls

Top girls' names in 2006

  1. #1Emily21,412
  2. #2Emma19,133
  3. #3Madison18,635
  4. #4Isabella18,231
  5. #5Ava16,941
  6. #6Abigail15,633
  7. #7Olivia15,508
  8. #8Hannah14,556
  9. #9Sophia13,503
  10. #10Samantha12,470
  11. #563Cierra522
More about 2006

girls

1,901,209 girls got a published name in 2006; 1 in 3,642 of them was named Cierra, which outranked 97.2% of the 20,064 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cierra
  1. #559Simone528
  2. #561Annabella523
  3. #561Janet523
  4. #563Cierra522
  5. #563India522
  6. #565Jaida521
  7. #565Marie521
  8. #567Isis519

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

Biggest movers since 2005
Risers
  1. ↑ 8,571Bethzy#9,452 → #881
  2. ↑ 1,747Rihanna#2,278 → #531
  3. ↑ 965Yaretzi#1,803 → #838
  4. ↑ 921Betsy#1,668 → #747
  5. ↑ 612Evangeline#1,210 → #598
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,134Mikalah#806 → #2,940
  2. ↓ 1,275Jolette#954 → #2,229
  3. ↓ 756Karol#818 → #1,574
  4. ↓ 446Litzy#388 → #834
  5. ↓ 305Devon#963 → #1,268

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

See the top 100 for 2006 →