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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202013peak #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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2025#1,096219—
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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—
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1999#416671—
1998#443582—
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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—
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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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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 2013

  • 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: #470 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,130 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedIDMontana: #201 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 563 girlsMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #433 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,014 girlsMNIllinois: #520 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 2,634 girlsILWisconsin: #579 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,884 girlsWIMichigan: #420 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,983 girlsMINew York: #541 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 2,765 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedRIOregon: #344 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,365 girlsORNevada: #428 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,756 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #221 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 630 girlsSDIowa: #488 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,129 girlsIAIndiana: #516 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,486 girlsINOhio: #567 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 3,094 girlsOHPennsylvania: #446 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 2,264 girlsPANew Jersey: #887 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,214 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #639 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 3,537 girlsCAUtah: #486 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,208 girlsUTColorado: #465 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,066 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedNEMissouri: #815 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,503 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedWVVirginia: #554 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,791 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedDEArizona: #429 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,920 girlsAZNew Mexico: #282 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 964 girlsNMKansas: #370 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,430 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedARTennessee: #722 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,717 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #848 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,922 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #819 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,030 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedHITexas: #944 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 5,749 girlsTXFlorida: #692 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 3,865 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Montana#201 · 1 in 563
  2. South Dakota#221 · 1 in 630
  3. New Mexico#282 · 1 in 964
  4. Oregon#344 · 1 in 1,365
  5. Kansas#370 · 1 in 1,430

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Montana#20151 in 563
South Dakota#22151 in 630
New Mexico#28271 in 964
Oregon#344111 in 1,365
Kansas#37091 in 1,430
Michigan#420211 in 1,983
Nevada#42861 in 1,756
Arizona#429161 in 1,920
Minnesota#433121 in 2,014
Pennsylvania#446231 in 2,264
Colorado#465111 in 2,066
Washington#470141 in 2,130
Utah#48681 in 2,208
Iowa#48861 in 2,129
Indiana#516121 in 2,486
Illinois#520221 in 2,634
New York#541331 in 2,765
Virginia#554131 in 2,791
Ohio#567171 in 3,094
Wisconsin#57981 in 2,884
California#639581 in 3,537
Florida#692211 in 3,865
Tennessee#72281 in 3,717
Missouri#81561 in 4,503
Louisiana#81951 in 4,030
North Carolina#84891 in 4,922
New Jersey#88771 in 5,214
Texas#944281 in 5,749
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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 2013

girls
#615
455 births · 1 in 3,857 girls

Top girls' names in 2013

  1. #1Sophia21,255
  2. #2Emma20,973
  3. #3Olivia18,454
  4. #4Isabella17,689
  5. #5Ava15,271
  6. #6Mia13,166
  7. #7Emily13,144
  8. #8Abigail12,429
  9. #9Madison10,605
  10. #10Elizabeth9,476
  11. #615Kiera455
More about 2013

girls

1,754,746 girls got a published name in 2013; 1 in 3,857 of them was named Kiera, which outranked 96.8% of the 19,279 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kiera
  1. #612Dallas459
  2. #613Colette458
  3. #614Farrah456
  4. #615Kiera455
  5. #616Alani454
  6. #617Adelina453
  7. #617Desiree453
Biggest movers since 2012
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,124Daleyza#3,711 → #587
  2. ↑ 736Marjorie#1,646 → #910
  3. ↑ 683Lennon#1,612 → #929
  4. ↑ 561Jurnee#1,457 → #896
  5. ↑ 539Everleigh#1,405 → #866
Fallers
  1. ↓ 827Litzy#598 → #1,425
  2. ↓ 409Geraldine#994 → #1,403
  3. ↓ 384Taraji#858 → #1,242
  4. ↓ 374Marisa#977 → #1,351
  5. ↓ 372Adley#733 → #1,105

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

See the top 100 for 2013 →