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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202007peak #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
rankbirthsrankbirths
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—
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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 2007

  • 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: #87 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 259 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #209 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 719 girlsNHWashington: #339 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,490 girlsWAIdaho: #246 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 891 girlsIDMontana: #165 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 476 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #86 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 260 girlsNDMinnesota: #189 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 838 girlsMNIllinois: #239 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 1,168 girlsILWisconsin: #282 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,275 girlsWIMichigan: #283 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 1,385 girlsMINew York: #294 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 1,504 girlsNYMassachusetts: #283 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,388 girlsMARhode Island: #193 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 691 girlsRIOregon: #199 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 798 girlsORNevada: #306 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,157 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedSDIowa: #157 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 633 girlsIAIndiana: #285 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,326 girlsINOhio: #231 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 1,125 girlsOHPennsylvania: #211 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 985 girlsPANew Jersey: #323 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 1,648 girlsNJConnecticut: #411 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,976 girlsCTCalifornia: #404 for girls · 111 births · 1 in 2,128 girlsCAUtah: #304 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,226 girlsUTColorado: #215 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 857 girlsCONebraska: #188 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 698 girlsNEMissouri: #334 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,560 girlsMOKentucky: #357 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,707 girlsKYWest Virginia: #149 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 541 girlsWVVirginia: #262 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 1,202 girlsVAMaryland: #316 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,427 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedDEArizona: #242 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 1,055 girlsAZNew Mexico: #293 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,065 girlsNMKansas: #304 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,279 girlsKSArkansas: #231 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 892 girlsARTennessee: #261 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,205 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #334 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 1,552 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #677 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,158 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #186 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 774 girlsOKLouisiana: #273 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,176 girlsLAMississippi: #324 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,275 girlsMSAlabama: #399 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,778 girlsALGeorgia: #455 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 2,169 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedHITexas: #411 for girls · 80 births · 1 in 2,114 girlsTXFlorida: #304 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 1,594 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Dakota#86 · 1 in 260
  2. Vermont#87 · 1 in 259
  3. West Virginia#149 · 1 in 541
  4. Iowa#157 · 1 in 633
  5. Montana#165 · 1 in 476

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Dakota#86101 in 260
Vermont#8761 in 259
West Virginia#149131 in 541
Iowa#157221 in 633
Montana#16561 in 476
Oklahoma#186231 in 774
Nebraska#188121 in 698
Minnesota#189321 in 838
Rhode Island#19351 in 691
Oregon#199211 in 798
New Hampshire#20961 in 719
Pennsylvania#211571 in 985
Colorado#215291 in 857
Arkansas#231141 in 892
Ohio#231511 in 1,125
Illinois#239581 in 1,168
Arizona#242361 in 1,055
Idaho#24681 in 891
Tennessee#261271 in 1,205
Virginia#262321 in 1,202
Louisiana#273181 in 1,176
Wisconsin#282201 in 1,275
Massachusetts#283201 in 1,388
Michigan#283331 in 1,385
Indiana#285251 in 1,326
New Mexico#29381 in 1,065
New York#294651 in 1,504
Florida#304561 in 1,594
Kansas#304111 in 1,279
Utah#304161 in 1,226
Nevada#306111 in 1,157
Maryland#316181 in 1,427
New Jersey#323251 in 1,648
Mississippi#324101 in 1,275
Missouri#334191 in 1,560
North Carolina#334311 in 1,552
Washington#339211 in 1,490
Kentucky#357121 in 1,707
Alabama#399121 in 1,778
California#4041111 in 2,128
Connecticut#41171 in 1,976
Texas#411801 in 2,114
Georgia#455251 in 2,169
South Carolina#67761 in 3,158
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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 2007

girls
#293
1,147 births · 1 in 1,676 girls

Top girls' names in 2007

  1. #1Emily19,367
  2. #2Isabella19,143
  3. #3Emma18,390
  4. #4Ava18,053
  5. #5Madison17,968
  6. #6Sophia17,031
  7. #7Olivia16,589
  8. #8Abigail15,476
  9. #9Hannah13,323
  10. #10Elizabeth13,071
  11. #293Kiera1,147
More about 2007

girls

1,922,617 girls got a published name in 2007; 1 in 1,676 of them was named Kiera, which outranked 98.6% of the 20,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kiera
  1. #290Alison1,170
  2. #291Bethany1,168
  3. #292Madeleine1,163
  4. #293Kiera1,147
  5. #294Miriam1,146
  6. #295Georgia1,143
  7. #295Melody1,143
Biggest movers since 2006
Risers
  1. ↑ 16,568Jaslene#17,168 → #600
  2. ↑ 5,379Marely#6,125 → #746
  3. ↑ 2,556Audrina#3,264 → #708
  4. ↑ 2,506Jordin#3,090 → #584
  5. ↑ 1,358Azul#2,081 → #723
Fallers
  1. ↓ 4,216Bethzy#881 → #5,097
  2. ↓ 346Akeelah#708 → #1,054
  3. ↓ 326Tayla#926 → #1,252
  4. ↓ 312Betsy#747 → #1,059
  5. ↓ 295Shakira#780 → #1,075

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

See the top 100 for 2007 →