Kira
- #385 for girls in 2025, 801 births
- Last seen for boys in 2005 at #11,472
- Given to girls 99.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 2005 · 1,391 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 40,829since 1938
Kira over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Kira has never cracked the top 200 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #385 | 801 | — | |
| 2024 | #455 | 689 | — | |
| 2023 | #429 | 721 | — | |
| 2022 | #390 | 801 | — | |
| 2021 | #384 | 814 | — | |
| 2020 | #385 | 808 | — | |
| 2019 | #383 | 818 | — | |
| 2018 | #379 | 829 | — | |
| 2017 | #378 | 821 | — | |
| 2016 | #369 | 881 | — | |
| 2015 | #361 | 910 | — | |
| 2014 | #349 | 950 | — | |
| 2013 | #355 | 902 | — | |
| 2012 | #358 | 886 | — | |
| 2011 | #333 | 946 | — | |
| 2010 | #309 | 1,036 | — | |
| 2009 | #295 | 1,117 | — | |
| 2008 | #251 | 1,370 | — | |
| 2007 | #269 | 1,266 | — | |
| 2006 | #249 | 1,362 | — | |
| 2005 | #241 | 1,391 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #275 | 1,184 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #287 | 1,084 | — | |
| 2002 | #277 | 1,126 | — | |
| 2001 | #286 | 1,093 | — | |
| 2000 | #292 | 1,092 | — | |
| 1999 | #284 | 1,106 | — | |
| 1998 | #274 | 1,136 | — | |
| 1997 | #324 | 892 | — | |
| 1996 | #371 | 725 | — | |
| 1995 | #388 | 682 | — | |
| 1994 | #379 | 676 | — | |
| 1993 | #388 | 656 | — | |
| 1992 | #429 | 586 | — | |
| 1991 | #460 | 531 | — | |
| 1990 | #527 | 449 | — | |
| 1989 | #494 | 476 | — | |
| 1988 | #417 | 559 | — | |
| 1987 | #421 | 530 | — | |
| 1986 | #436 | 492 | — | |
| 1985 | #385 | 591 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #309 | 766 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #395 | 555 | — | |
| 1982 | #273 | 891 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #507 | 393 | — | |
| 1980 | #784 | 209 | — | |
| 1979 | #957 | 152 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,014 | 134 | — | |
| 1977 | #959 | 144 | — | |
| 1976 | #903 | 146 | — | |
| 1975 | #612 | 258 | — | |
| 1974 | #738 | 193 | — | |
| 1973 | #963 | 123 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,090 | 104 | — | |
| 1971 | #976 | 130 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,020 | 121 | — | |
| 1969 | #990 | 119 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,133 | 89 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,182 | 81 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,153 | 85 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,448 | 58 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,419 | 63 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,738 | 44 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,031 | 33 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,250 | 28 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,246 | 27 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,436 | 13 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,449 | 22 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,826 | 17 | — | |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | — | |
| 1954 | #4,655 | 7 | — | |
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| 1952 | #3,372 | 11 | — | |
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| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | — | |
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| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1938
The first year at least five girls were named Kira! It came in at #4,342, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1938–1951, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kira 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.
Top states · girls
- Hawaii#54 · 1 in 195
- New Hampshire#174 · 1 in 542
- California#201 · 1 in 974
- Washington#231 · 1 in 931
- Idaho#244 · 1 in 796
Best ever in a state: #18 in Hawaii, 2011.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #54 | 11 | 1 in 195 |
| New Hampshire | #174 | 7 | 1 in 542 |
| California | #201 | 166 | 1 in 974 |
| Washington | #231 | 31 | 1 in 931 |
| Idaho | #244 | 9 | 1 in 796 |
| Massachusetts | #263 | 22 | 1 in 1,092 |
| Minnesota | #271 | 20 | 1 in 1,074 |
| Nevada | #292 | 9 | 1 in 1,022 |
| Pennsylvania | #294 | 37 | 1 in 1,262 |
| New Mexico | #296 | 5 | 1 in 935 |
| Iowa | #323 | 10 | 1 in 1,177 |
| Maryland | #327 | 16 | 1 in 1,249 |
| Colorado | #337 | 18 | 1 in 1,296 |
| Wisconsin | #344 | 15 | 1 in 1,351 |
| Missouri | #350 | 17 | 1 in 1,429 |
| Oregon | #353 | 10 | 1 in 1,305 |
| Virginia | #359 | 22 | 1 in 1,534 |
| New York | #367 | 46 | 1 in 1,703 |
| New Jersey | #372 | 21 | 1 in 1,690 |
| Florida | #383 | 48 | 1 in 1,808 |
| Michigan | #394 | 22 | 1 in 1,624 |
| Connecticut | #459 | 6 | 1 in 1,917 |
| Illinois | #484 | 21 | 1 in 2,111 |
| Arkansas | #489 | 6 | 1 in 1,766 |
| Utah | #490 | 8 | 1 in 2,135 |
| Ohio | #514 | 20 | 1 in 2,364 |
| North Carolina | #534 | 20 | 1 in 2,324 |
| Texas | #546 | 58 | 1 in 2,768 |
| Kentucky | #570 | 7 | 1 in 2,464 |
| Arizona | #578 | 11 | 1 in 2,565 |
| Kansas | #578 | 5 | 1 in 2,362 |
| Oklahoma | #619 | 6 | 1 in 2,463 |
| Georgia | #645 | 16 | 1 in 2,826 |
| South Carolina | #688 | 6 | 1 in 3,048 |
| Tennessee | #748 | 9 | 1 in 3,564 |
| Indiana | #916 | 6 | 1 in 4,651 |
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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.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 70 spots since 2024 (#455 → #385)
- Same as 2020 (#385)
- 24 spots since 2015 (#361 → #385)
- Biggest jump: 277 spots in 1981
- Biggest drop: 291 spots in 1976
Rise & fade · girls
67 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1938
- Peaked 2005 at #241 (1,391 births)
- Births halved by 2024, 19 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 54 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1979–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,328
- Highest: 1 in 1,328 girls born in 2005 were named Kira (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,007 girls born in 2025 (0.05%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 29.6% of all girls named Kira (12,085) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 5 | #4,342 (1938) | #4,342 |
| 1940s | 5 | #5,243 (1948) | #5,243 |
| 1950s | 88 | #2,449 (1958) | #3,634 |
| 1960s | 627 | #990 (1969) | #1,559 |
| 1970s | 1,505 | #612 (1975) | #923 |
| 1980s | 5,462 | #273 (1982) | #442 |
| 1990s | 7,439 | #274 (1998) | #382 |
| 2000s | 12,085 | #241 (2005) | #272 |
| 2010s | 8,979 | #309 (2010) | #357 |
| 2020s | 4,634 | #384 (2021) | #405 |
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.
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