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
- 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
Rank among girls' names. Kira has never cracked the top 200 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 | #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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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 1982
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Wyoming#116 · 1 in 477
- Idaho#118 · 1 in 491
- Utah#118 · 1 in 565
- Delaware#144 · 1 in 596
- Nevada#149 · 1 in 682
Best ever in a state: #18 in Hawaii, 2011.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | #116 | 7 | 1 in 477 |
| Idaho | #118 | 14 | 1 in 491 |
| Utah | #118 | 29 | 1 in 565 |
| Delaware | #144 | 5 | 1 in 596 |
| Nevada | #149 | 7 | 1 in 682 |
| Kansas | #167 | 18 | 1 in 862 |
| Montana | #189 | 6 | 1 in 809 |
| Iowa | #190 | 18 | 1 in 1,045 |
| Oklahoma | #202 | 20 | 1 in 1,129 |
| Washington | #203 | 25 | 1 in 1,101 |
| New Hampshire | #206 | 5 | 1 in 1,107 |
| Nebraska | #214 | 9 | 1 in 1,195 |
| Wisconsin | #215 | 23 | 1 in 1,366 |
| Oregon | #219 | 14 | 1 in 1,167 |
| Arkansas | #221 | 10 | 1 in 1,276 |
| Maine | #228 | 5 | 1 in 1,248 |
| Pennsylvania | #243 | 45 | 1 in 1,553 |
| Mississippi | #246 | 13 | 1 in 1,229 |
| Illinois | #250 | 46 | 1 in 1,618 |
| District of Columbia | #254 | 5 | 1 in 1,149 |
| Colorado | #257 | 15 | 1 in 1,470 |
| Indiana | #258 | 21 | 1 in 1,675 |
| Arizona | #262 | 15 | 1 in 1,344 |
| Kentucky | #271 | 13 | 1 in 1,827 |
| West Virginia | #275 | 6 | 1 in 1,885 |
| Georgia | #276 | 21 | 1 in 1,661 |
| Massachusetts | #278 | 17 | 1 in 1,916 |
| Ohio | #281 | 36 | 1 in 1,985 |
| Virginia | #285 | 16 | 1 in 1,925 |
| New Jersey | #288 | 20 | 1 in 1,913 |
| Hawaii | #291 | 5 | 1 in 1,027 |
| Florida | #292 | 32 | 1 in 1,772 |
| California | #300 | 110 | 1 in 1,689 |
| New York | #305 | 54 | 1 in 1,903 |
| Alabama | #309 | 11 | 1 in 1,988 |
| Minnesota | #314 | 12 | 1 in 2,437 |
| North Carolina | #320 | 16 | 1 in 2,137 |
| Connecticut | #324 | 7 | 1 in 2,252 |
| Texas | #348 | 62 | 1 in 2,096 |
| Michigan | #351 | 22 | 1 in 2,619 |
| Maryland | #356 | 9 | 1 in 2,476 |
| Missouri | #376 | 11 | 1 in 2,926 |
| South Carolina | #384 | 7 | 1 in 2,555 |
| Louisiana | #465 | 10 | 1 in 3,168 |
| Tennessee | #468 | 7 | 1 in 4,008 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
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 Kira
- 70 spots since 2024 (#455 → #385)
- Same as 2020 (#385)
- 24 spots since 2015 (#361 → #385)
- Biggest jump: 277 spots in 1981 (#784 → #507)
- Biggest drop: 291 spots in 1976 (#612 → #903)
- Debuted 1938
- Peaked 2005 at #241 (1,391 births)
- Births halved by 2024, 19 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 54 yrs · run 1979–2025
- 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%)
- 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.
Kira in 1982
Top girls' names in 1982
Top boys' names in 1982
More about 1982
girls
1,693,325 girls got a published name in 1982; 1 in 1,900 of them was named Kira, which outranked 97.8% of the 12,332 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,814,447 boys got a published name in 1982; 1 in 302,408 of them was named Kira, which outranked 23.7% of the 7,367 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).