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

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Peak · girls
2007 · 1,147 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
21,851
since 1963

Kiera over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kiera has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202000peak #293, 2007girls
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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#1,096219—
2024#984264—
2023#1,098223—
2022#1,048244—
2021#967268—
2020#994256—
2019#889301—
2018#845321—
2017#765362—
2016#723393—
2015#641445—
2014#588504—
2013#615455—
2012#592493—
2011#483618—
2010#415759—
2009#342961—
2008#3141,069—
2007#2931,147—
2006#3011,093—
2005#337942—
2004#379827—
2003#443676—
2002#481584—
2001#463601—
2000#444636—
1999#416671—
1998#443582—
1997#436584—
1996#496484—
1995#469536—
1994#458558—
1993#491512#8,7005
1992#461535—
1991#481507—
1990#566412#7,1786
1989#510458#5,6158
1988#940179—
1987#1,058145—
1986#1,072140—
1985#1,081134—
1984#1,260101—
1983#1,28395—
1982#1,268101—
1981#1,55976—
1980#2,44039—
1979#2,43038—
1978#3,63720—
1977#2,42336—
1976#2,09941—
1975#1,78052—
1974#2,21336—
1973#4,15514—
1972#3,40418—
1971#3,65217—
1970#5,8188—
1969#2,76823—
1968#5,1478—
1967#4,30010—
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1965#5,2897—
1964#6,7675—
1963#4,8968—
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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 2000

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedNHWashington: #353 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,631 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #349 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,972 girlsMNIllinois: #485 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 2,850 girlsILWisconsin: #362 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,961 girlsWIMichigan: #395 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 2,262 girlsMINew York: #317 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 1,826 girlsNYMassachusetts: #308 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,745 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedRIOregon: #606 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,293 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedIAIndiana: #288 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,448 girlsINOhio: #498 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 3,444 girlsOHPennsylvania: #276 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 1,452 girlsPANew Jersey: #304 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,740 girlsNJConnecticut: #359 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,167 girlsCTCalifornia: #844 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 6,049 girlsCAUtah: #396 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,894 girlsUTColorado: #487 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,408 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedNEMissouri: #446 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,675 girlsMOKentucky: #588 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,093 girlsKYWest Virginia: #231 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,039 girlsWVVirginia: #301 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,545 girlsVAMaryland: #402 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,236 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedDEArizona: #467 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,282 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedARTennessee: #341 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 1,833 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #502 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,006 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #382 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,879 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #489 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,397 girlsOKLouisiana: #210 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 953 girlsLAMississippi: #216 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 925 girlsMSAlabama: #441 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,347 girlsALGeorgia: #328 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 1,716 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedHITexas: #622 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 3,830 girlsTXFlorida: #578 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 3,681 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Louisiana#210 · 1 in 953
  2. Mississippi#216 · 1 in 925
  3. West Virginia#231 · 1 in 1,039
  4. Pennsylvania#276 · 1 in 1,452
  5. Indiana#288 · 1 in 1,448

Best ever in a state: #86 in North Dakota, 2007.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Louisiana#210231 in 953
Mississippi#216131 in 925
West Virginia#23171 in 1,039
Pennsylvania#276401 in 1,452
Indiana#288231 in 1,448
Virginia#301231 in 1,545
New Jersey#304241 in 1,740
Massachusetts#308181 in 1,745
New York#317551 in 1,826
Georgia#328281 in 1,716
Tennessee#341171 in 1,833
Minnesota#349131 in 1,972
Washington#353181 in 1,631
Connecticut#35971 in 2,167
Wisconsin#362131 in 1,961
South Carolina#38291 in 1,879
Michigan#395231 in 2,262
Utah#39691 in 1,894
Maryland#402111 in 2,236
Alabama#44191 in 2,347
Missouri#446111 in 2,675
Arizona#467141 in 2,282
Illinois#485251 in 2,850
Colorado#487101 in 2,408
Oklahoma#48971 in 2,397
Ohio#498181 in 3,444
North Carolina#502151 in 3,006
Florida#578211 in 3,681
Kentucky#58851 in 4,093
Oregon#60651 in 3,293
Texas#622401 in 3,830
California#844371 in 6,049
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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 Kiera
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 112 spots since 2024 (#984 → #1,096)
  • 102 spots since 2020 (#994 → #1,096)
  • 455 spots since 2015 (#641 → #1,096)
  • Biggest jump: 430 spots in 1989 (#940 → #510)
  • Biggest drop: 112 spots in 2025 (#984 → #1,096)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s61#2,768 (1969)#4,861
1970s280#1,780 (1975)#3,161
1980s1,468#510 (1989)#1,247
1990s5,381#416 (1999)#472
2000s8,536#293 (2007)#380
2010s4,651#415 (2010)#656
2020s1,474#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.

Kiera in 2000

girls
#444
636 births · 1 in 2,855 girls

Top girls' names in 2000

  1. #1Emily25,959
  2. #2Hannah23,087
  3. #3Madison19,968
  4. #4Ashley18,000
  5. #5Sarah17,715
  6. #6Alexis17,631
  7. #7Samantha17,265
  8. #8Jessica15,711
  9. #9Elizabeth15,117
  10. #10Taylor15,080
  11. #444Kiera636
More about 2000

girls

1,816,036 girls got a published name in 2000; 1 in 2,855 of them was named Kiera, which outranked 97.5% of the 17,660 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kiera
  1. #441Kelsie641
  2. #442Halle639
  3. #443Kiersten638
  4. #444Kiera636
  5. #445Tyra635
  6. #446Annika634
  7. #446Felicity634
Biggest movers since 1999
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,528Laisha#3,509 → #981
  2. ↑ 2,131Litzy#2,527 → #396
  3. ↑ 2,096Cielo#2,991 → #895
  4. ↑ 1,864Yamilet#2,703 → #839
  5. ↑ 1,775Nyah#2,567 → #792
Fallers
  1. ↓ 560Tatyanna#951 → #1,511
  2. ↓ 529Jailene#506 → #1,035
  3. ↓ 431Shanice#727 → #1,158
  4. ↓ 384Chantal#921 → #1,305
  5. ↓ 348Infant#658 → #1,006

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

See the top 100 for 2000 →