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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202014peak #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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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 2014

  • 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: #398 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,744 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: #408 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,763 girlsMNIllinois: #735 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,931 girlsILWisconsin: #292 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,215 girlsWIMichigan: #423 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,008 girlsMINew York: #508 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 2,568 girlsNYMassachusetts: #580 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,174 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedRIOregon: #350 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,406 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: #499 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,160 girlsIAIndiana: #571 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,776 girlsINOhio: #643 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,529 girlsOHPennsylvania: #354 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 1,565 girlsPANew Jersey: #397 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,855 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #555 for girls · 70 births · 1 in 2,995 girlsCAUtah: #646 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,019 girlsUTColorado: #509 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,324 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedNEMissouri: #653 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,389 girlsMOKentucky: #621 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,080 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedWVVirginia: #422 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,964 girlsVAMaryland: #496 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,210 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedDEArizona: #485 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,265 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: #750 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,889 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #708 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,760 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: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedALGeorgia: #874 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,820 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedHITexas: #1,178 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 7,581 girlsTXFlorida: #802 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 4,652 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Wisconsin#292 · 1 in 1,215
  2. Oregon#350 · 1 in 1,406
  3. Pennsylvania#354 · 1 in 1,565
  4. New Jersey#397 · 1 in 1,855
  5. Washington#398 · 1 in 1,744

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Wisconsin#292191 in 1,215
Oregon#350111 in 1,406
Pennsylvania#354341 in 1,565
New Jersey#397201 in 1,855
Washington#398181 in 1,744
Minnesota#408141 in 1,763
Virginia#422191 in 1,964
Michigan#423211 in 2,008
Arizona#485141 in 2,265
Maryland#496111 in 2,210
Iowa#49961 in 2,160
New York#508361 in 2,568
Colorado#509101 in 2,324
California#555701 in 2,995
Indiana#571111 in 2,776
Massachusetts#58081 in 3,174
Kentucky#62161 in 3,080
Ohio#643151 in 3,529
Utah#64661 in 3,019
Missouri#65381 in 3,389
North Carolina#708121 in 3,760
Illinois#735151 in 3,931
Tennessee#75081 in 3,889
Florida#802181 in 4,652
Georgia#874101 in 4,820
Texas#1,178221 in 7,581
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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 2014

girls
#588
504 births · 1 in 3,544 girls

Top girls' names in 2014

  1. #1Emma20,970
  2. #2Olivia19,840
  3. #3Sophia18,644
  4. #4Isabella17,136
  5. #5Ava15,727
  6. #6Mia13,534
  7. #7Emily12,670
  8. #8Abigail12,114
  9. #9Madison10,333
  10. #10Charlotte10,123
  11. #588Kiera504
More about 2014

girls

1,786,355 girls got a published name in 2014; 1 in 3,544 of them was named Kiera, which outranked 96.9% of the 19,232 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kiera
  1. #585Lainey514
  2. #586Hallie510
  3. #587Jessie508
  4. #588Kiera504
  5. #589Audrina503
  6. #590Hattie502
  7. #591Blake501
Biggest movers since 2013
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,632Aranza#4,243 → #611
  2. ↑ 576Montserrat#1,148 → #572
  3. ↑ 573Monserrat#1,165 → #592
  4. ↑ 463Maisie#1,116 → #653
  5. ↑ 419Ariadne#1,220 → #801
Fallers
  1. ↓ 401Miley#386 → #787
  2. ↓ 345Karly#988 → #1,333
  3. ↓ 318Britney#838 → #1,156
  4. ↓ 239Kaya#761 → #1,000
  5. ↓ 235Rihanna#938 → #1,173

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

See the top 100 for 2014 →