Kierra
- #3,342 for girls in 2025, 46 births
- Last seen for boys in 1992 at #6,670
- Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1995 · 878 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 15,664since 1975
Kierra over time
Rank among girls' names. Kierra has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,342 | 46 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,976 | 55 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,476 | 45 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,416 | 46 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,614 | 42 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,221 | 48 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,729 | 62 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,478 | 71 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,053 | 95 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,017 | 98 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,580 | 138 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,804 | 113 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,351 | 172 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,128 | 218 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,025 | 243 | — | |
| 2010 | #951 | 269 | — | |
| 2009 | #784 | 360 | — | |
| 2008 | #803 | 359 | — | |
| 2007 | #663 | 447 | — | |
| 2006 | #603 | 483 | — | |
| 2005 | #564 | 508 | — | |
| 2004 | #532 | 534 | — | |
| 2003 | #534 | 529 | — | |
| 2002 | #493 | 564 | — | |
| 2001 | #433 | 640 | — | |
| 2000 | #376 | 764 | — | |
| 1999 | #367 | 798 | — | |
| 1998 | #375 | 755 | — | |
| 1997 | #341 | 826 | — | |
| 1996 | #352 | 788 | — | |
| 1995 | #316 | 878 | — | |
| 1994 | #323 | 839 | — | |
| 1993 | #342 | 745 | — | |
| 1992 | #398 | 646 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #415 | 613 | — | |
| 1990 | #434 | 581 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #462 | 525 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #844 | 213 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,267 | 111 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,194 | 118 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,410 | 90 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,018 | 50 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,198 | 44 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,645 | 35 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,147 | 27 | — | |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | — | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 | — | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | — | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | — | |
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | — | ||
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | — | — | ||
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | — | — | ||
| 1949 | — | — | ||
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | — | ||
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | — | ||
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | — | ||
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | — | ||
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | — | ||
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | — | ||
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Kierra! It came in at #9,067, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1975–1978, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kierra is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Pennsylvania#1,108 · 1 in 6,670
- Illinois#1,405 · 1 in 8,866
Best ever in a state: #68 in Mississippi, 1994.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | #1,108 | 7 | 1 in 6,670 |
| Illinois | #1,405 | 5 | 1 in 8,866 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Indiana | — | — | — |
| Iowa | — | — | — |
| Kansas | — | — | — |
| Kentucky | — | — | — |
| Louisiana | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Michigan | — | — | — |
| Minnesota | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Missouri | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| New York | — | — | — |
| North Carolina | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Ohio | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Tennessee | — | — | — |
| Texas | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Virginia | — | — | — |
| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Kierra
- 121 spots since 2020 (#3,221 → #3,342)
- Biggest jump: 423 spots in 1988
- Biggest drop: 167 spots in 2010
- Debuted 1975
- Peaked 1995 at #316 (878 births)
- Births halved by 2008, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 23 yrs · run 1988–2010
- Highest: 1 in 2,003 girls born in 1995 were named Kierra (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 34,941 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 47.7% of all girls named Kierra (7,469) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 25 | #6,189 (1979) | #8,548 |
| 1980s | 1,221 | #462 (1989) | #2,260 |
| 1990s | 7,469 | #316 (1995) | #366 |
| 2000s | 5,188 | #376 (2000) | #579 |
| 2010s | 1,479 | #951 (2010) | #1,712 |
| 2020s | 282 | #2,976 (2024) | #3,341 |
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.
Want to check a specific year?
See where Kierra ranked and which names it was up against. Click a point on the chart, or pick a year: