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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202018peak #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—
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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—
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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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 2018

  • 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: #477 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,027 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #203 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 596 girlsNDMinnesota: #764 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,915 girlsMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedILWisconsin: #660 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,179 girlsWIMichigan: #1,233 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,049 girlsMINew York: #600 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 2,989 girlsNYMassachusetts: #282 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,230 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #222 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 612 girlsSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedIAIndiana: #1,047 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,944 girlsINOhio: #1,143 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,289 girlsOHPennsylvania: #534 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,515 girlsPANew Jersey: #655 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,266 girlsNJConnecticut: #347 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,446 girlsCTCalifornia: #745 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 4,211 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedUTColorado: #892 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,454 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedWVVirginia: #1,039 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,991 girlsVAMaryland: #787 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,892 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedDEArizona: #638 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,939 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: #971 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,196 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #1,396 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,002 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: #951 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,140 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedHITexas: #1,318 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 8,829 girlsTXFlorida: #870 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 5,005 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Dakota#203 · 1 in 596
  2. South Dakota#222 · 1 in 612
  3. Massachusetts#282 · 1 in 1,230
  4. Connecticut#347 · 1 in 1,446
  5. Washington#477 · 1 in 2,027

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Dakota#20351 in 596
South Dakota#22251 in 612
Massachusetts#282201 in 1,230
Connecticut#34781 in 1,446
Washington#477151 in 2,027
Pennsylvania#534201 in 2,515
New York#600291 in 2,989
Arizona#638101 in 2,939
New Jersey#655111 in 3,266
Wisconsin#66071 in 3,179
California#745451 in 4,211
Minnesota#76461 in 3,915
Maryland#78761 in 3,892
Florida#870171 in 5,005
Colorado#89251 in 4,454
Georgia#95191 in 5,140
Tennessee#97161 in 5,196
Virginia#1,03961 in 5,991
Indiana#1,04751 in 5,944
Ohio#1,14371 in 7,289
Michigan#1,23351 in 8,049
Texas#1,318181 in 8,829
North Carolina#1,39651 in 9,002
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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 2018

girls
#845
321 births · 1 in 5,299 girls

Top girls' names in 2018

  1. #1Emma18,824
  2. #2Olivia18,061
  3. #3Ava15,034
  4. #4Isabella14,575
  5. #5Sophia14,013
  6. #6Charlotte13,038
  7. #7Mia12,742
  8. #8Amelia12,405
  9. #9Harper10,646
  10. #10Evelyn10,433
  11. #845Kiera321
More about 2018

girls

1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 5,299 of them was named Kiera, which outranked 95.3% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Kiera
  1. #839Zoie323
  2. #843Mylah322
  3. #843Rosalee322
  4. #845Kiera321
  5. #845Blaire321
  6. #845Jaelynn321
  7. #845Sariah321
  8. #849Lyanna320
  9. #850Anais319
  10. #850Maxine319

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. ↑ 680Meghan#1,387 → #707
  2. ↑ 567Dior#1,360 → #793
  3. ↑ 367Palmer#1,042 → #675
  4. ↑ 361Adalee#1,217 → #856
  5. ↑ 346Oaklynn#888 → #542
Fallers
  1. ↓ 334Audrina#847 → #1,181
  2. ↓ 234Courtney#952 → #1,186
  3. ↓ 232Marjorie#938 → #1,170
  4. ↓ 228Anabelle#969 → #1,197
  5. ↓ 225Angelique#799 → #1,024

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

See the top 100 for 2018 →