Kiera
- #1,096 for girls in 2025, 219 births
- Last seen for boys in 1993 at #8,700
- Given to girls 99.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2007 · 1,147 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 21,851since 1963
Kiera over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Kiera has never cracked the top 200 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,096 | 219 | — | |
| 2024 | #984 | 264 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,098 | 223 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,048 | 244 | — | |
| 2021 | #967 | 268 | — | |
| 2020 | #994 | 256 | — | |
| 2019 | #889 | 301 | — | |
| 2018 | #845 | 321 | — | |
| 2017 | #765 | 362 | — | |
| 2016 | #723 | 393 | — | |
| 2015 | #641 | 445 | — | |
| 2014 | #588 | 504 | — | |
| 2013 | #615 | 455 | — | |
| 2012 | #592 | 493 | — | |
| 2011 | #483 | 618 | — | |
| 2010 | #415 | 759 | — | |
| 2009 | #342 | 961 | — | |
| 2008 | #314 | 1,069 | — | |
| 2007 | #293 | 1,147 | — | |
| 2006 | #301 | 1,093 | — | |
| 2005 | #337 | 942 | — | |
| 2004 | #379 | 827 | — | |
| 2003 | #443 | 676 | — | |
| 2002 | #481 | 584 | — | |
| 2001 | #463 | 601 | — | |
| 2000 | #444 | 636 | — | |
| 1999 | #416 | 671 | — | |
| 1998 | #443 | 582 | — | |
| 1997 | #436 | 584 | — | |
| 1996 | #496 | 484 | — | |
| 1995 | #469 | 536 | — | |
| 1994 | #458 | 558 | — | |
| 1993 | #491 | 512 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #461 | 535 | — | |
| 1991 | #481 | 507 | — | |
| 1990 | #566 | 412 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #510 | 458 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #940 | 179 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,058 | 145 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,072 | 140 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,081 | 134 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,260 | 101 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,283 | 95 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,268 | 101 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,559 | 76 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,440 | 39 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,430 | 38 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,637 | 20 | — | |
| 1977 | #2,423 | 36 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,099 | 41 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,780 | 52 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,213 | 36 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,155 | 14 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,404 | 18 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,652 | 17 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,768 | 23 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | — | |
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| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,896 | 8 | — | |
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First appearance
1963
The first year at least five girls were named Kiera! It came in at #4,896, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1966, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Kiera is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Connecticut#393 · 1 in 1,643
- Massachusetts#395 · 1 in 1,717
- New York#518 · 1 in 2,448
- Wisconsin#612 · 1 in 2,894
- Pennsylvania#647 · 1 in 3,113
Best ever in a state: #86 in North Dakota, 2007.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | #393 | 7 | 1 in 1,643 |
| Massachusetts | #395 | 14 | 1 in 1,717 |
| New York | #518 | 32 | 1 in 2,448 |
| Wisconsin | #612 | 7 | 1 in 2,894 |
| Pennsylvania | #647 | 15 | 1 in 3,113 |
| New Jersey | #718 | 10 | 1 in 3,550 |
| Illinois | #852 | 10 | 1 in 4,433 |
| California | #948 | 29 | 1 in 5,577 |
| Arizona | #1,040 | 5 | 1 in 5,644 |
| Ohio | #1,271 | 6 | 1 in 7,878 |
| Florida | #1,887 | 6 | 1 in 14,460 |
| Texas | #1,902 | 11 | 1 in 14,595 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 102 spots since 2020 (#994 → #1,096)
- Biggest jump: 430 spots in 1989
- Biggest drop: 112 spots in 2025
Rise & fade · girls
44 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1963
- Peaked 2007 at #293 (1,147 births)
- Births halved by 2012, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 35 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 35 yrs · run 1988–2021
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,676
- Highest: 1 in 1,676 girls born in 2007 were named Kiera (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 7,339 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 39.1% of all girls named Kiera (8,536) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 61 | #2,768 (1969) | #4,861 |
| 1970s | 280 | #1,780 (1975) | #3,161 |
| 1980s | 1,468 | #510 (1989) | #1,247 |
| 1990s | 5,381 | #416 (1999) | #472 |
| 2000s | 8,536 | #293 (2007) | #380 |
| 2010s | 4,651 | #415 (2010) | #656 |
| 2020s | 1,474 | #967 (2021) | #1,031 |
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.
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