Kiara
#229 for girls in 2025, 1,335 births · Last seen for boys in 2006 at #10,662
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1999 · 4,024 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 1 yrof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 57,068since 1968
Kiara over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #229 | 1,335 | — | |
| 2024 | #238 | 1,312 | — | |
| 2023 | #230 | 1,304 | — | |
| 2022 | #251 | 1,223 | — | |
| 2021 | #332 | 990 | — | |
| 2020 | #307 | 1,037 | — | |
| 2019 | #301 | 1,093 | — | |
| 2018 | #336 | 962 | — | |
| 2017 | #356 | 889 | — | |
| 2016 | #384 | 855 | — | |
| 2015 | #398 | 817 | — | |
| 2014 | #353 | 925 | — | |
| 2013 | #308 | 1,037 | — | |
| 2012 | #345 | 921 | — | |
| 2011 | #318 | 988 | — | |
| 2010 | #326 | 984 | — | |
| 2009 | #284 | 1,158 | — | |
| 2008 | #242 | 1,422 | — | |
| 2007 | #212 | 1,621 | — | |
| 2006 | #184 | 1,906 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #159 | 2,149 | — | |
| 2004 | #187 | 1,828 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #173 | 1,876 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #156 | 2,103 | — | |
| 2001 | #144 | 2,290 | — | |
| 2000 | #130 | 2,560 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | #78 | 4,024 | — | |
| 1998 | #172 | 1,734 | — | |
| 1997 | #238 | 1,263 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #213 | 1,389 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #204 | 1,451 | — | |
| 1994 | #203 | 1,445 | — | |
| 1993 | #192 | 1,522 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | #193 | 1,568 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #174 | 1,735 | #4,231 | 13 |
| 1990 | #171 | 1,690 | #2,086 | 35 |
| 1989 | #114 | 2,624 | #956 | 114 |
| 1988 | #819 | 222 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #1,150 | 128 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,367 | 94 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,333 | 99 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,550 | 73 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,608 | 69 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,474 | 81 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,867 | 58 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,800 | 32 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,248 | 43 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,098 | 25 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,612 | 20 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,407 | 20 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,404 | 20 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 18 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 | — | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | — | |
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| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | — | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kiara! It came in at #7,016, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1970–1971, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kiara is popular in 2006
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Rhode Island#74 · 1 in 273
- Montana#86 · 1 in 273
- Vermont#104 · 1 in 294
- New Jersey#107 · 1 in 490
- New York#110 · 1 in 533
Best ever in a state: #13 in District of Columbia, 1989.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | #74 | 13 | 1 in 273 |
| Montana | #86 | 11 | 1 in 273 |
| Vermont | #104 | 5 | 1 in 294 |
| New Jersey | #107 | 83 | 1 in 490 |
| New York | #110 | 181 | 1 in 533 |
| Massachusetts | #113 | 55 | 1 in 517 |
| New Mexico | #114 | 21 | 1 in 401 |
| Florida | #125 | 147 | 1 in 606 |
| Connecticut | #126 | 27 | 1 in 509 |
| Mississippi | #127 | 23 | 1 in 544 |
| Hawaii | #128 | 9 | 1 in 401 |
| Louisiana | #140 | 32 | 1 in 625 |
| Oregon | #142 | 29 | 1 in 569 |
| New Hampshire | #167 | 7 | 1 in 644 |
| Wisconsin | #174 | 35 | 1 in 719 |
| Indiana | #175 | 42 | 1 in 788 |
| Illinois | #180 | 80 | 1 in 852 |
| Arizona | #181 | 49 | 1 in 781 |
| California | #186 | 261 | 1 in 900 |
| Minnesota | #187 | 33 | 1 in 814 |
| Iowa | #194 | 18 | 1 in 782 |
| Idaho | #197 | 10 | 1 in 701 |
| Kansas | #197 | 18 | 1 in 768 |
| Maine | #201 | 6 | 1 in 713 |
| North Carolina | #206 | 51 | 1 in 923 |
| Oklahoma | #206 | 21 | 1 in 833 |
| Pennsylvania | #206 | 57 | 1 in 971 |
| Virginia | #208 | 42 | 1 in 901 |
| Georgia | #212 | 55 | 1 in 979 |
| Nebraska | #221 | 10 | 1 in 842 |
| Texas | #225 | 152 | 1 in 1,093 |
| Ohio | #226 | 51 | 1 in 1,124 |
| Kentucky | #229 | 20 | 1 in 1,015 |
| Michigan | #231 | 42 | 1 in 1,124 |
| Nevada | #240 | 14 | 1 in 893 |
| West Virginia | #244 | 7 | 1 in 1,002 |
| Utah | #246 | 18 | 1 in 1,048 |
| Colorado | #252 | 24 | 1 in 1,055 |
| South Carolina | #265 | 17 | 1 in 1,115 |
| Maryland | #276 | 21 | 1 in 1,197 |
| Missouri | #291 | 21 | 1 in 1,414 |
| Washington | #295 | 24 | 1 in 1,276 |
| Alabama | #297 | 16 | 1 in 1,274 |
| Tennessee | #302 | 22 | 1 in 1,445 |
| Arkansas | #342 | 9 | 1 in 1,387 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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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 Kiara
- 9 spots since 2024 (#238 → #229)
- 78 spots since 2020 (#307 → #229)
- 169 spots since 2015 (#398 → #229)
- Biggest jump: 705 spots in 1989 (#819 → #114)
- Biggest drop: 57 spots in 1990 (#114 → #171)
- Debuted 1968
- Peaked 1999 at #78 (4,024 births)
- Births halved by 2003, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 1 yr · 1999
- Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1988–2025
- Highest: 1 in 441 girls born in 1999 were named Kiara (0.23%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,204 girls born in 2025 (0.08%)
- 33.1% of all girls named Kiara (18,913) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12 | #5,974 (1969) | #6,495 |
| 1970s | 170 | #2,248 (1979) | #4,258 |
| 1980s | 3,480 | #114 (1989) | #1,408 |
| 1990s | 17,821 | #78 (1999) | #184 |
| 2000s | 18,913 | #130 (2000) | #187 |
| 2010s | 9,471 | #301 (2019) | #343 |
| 2020s | 7,201 | #229 (2025) | #265 |
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.
Kiara in 2006
Top girls' names in 2006
Top boys' names in 2006
More about 2006
girls
1,901,209 girls got a published name in 2006; 1 in 997 of them was named Kiara, which outranked 99.1% 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).
- ↑ 8,571Bethzy#9,452 → #881
- ↑ 1,747Rihanna#2,278 → #531
- ↑ 965Yaretzi#1,803 → #838
- ↑ 921Betsy#1,668 → #747
- ↑ 612Evangeline#1,210 → #598
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,055,273 boys got a published name in 2006; 1 in 342,546 of them was named Kiara, which outranked 24.1% of the 14,047 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #9,585Zimere7
- #9,585Zyir7
- #9,585Zytavious7
- #10,662Kiara6
- #10,662Aaris6
- #10,662Aashir6
- #10,662Abad6
- #12,055Aadhav5
- #12,055Aakarsh5
- #12,055Aalijah5
Tied with 1,392 names at #10,662; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.