Ciara

#1,406 for girls in 2025, 155 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,229
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2005 · 2,325 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
34,876
since 1972

Ciara over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Ciara has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015peak #149, 2005girls
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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#1,406155—
2024#1,358168—
2023#1,330170—
2022#1,246193—
2021#1,143215—
2020#1,214188—
2019#1,170204—
2018#1,006259—
2017#1,054244—
2016#869324—
2015#757372—
2014#672424—
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2012#602475—
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2009#364888—
2008#3221,041—
2007#2571,364—
2006#2131,609—
2005#1492,325—
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2003#383791—
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2001#3151,005—
2000#2821,139—
1999#2561,219—
1998#2501,232—
1997#2111,401—
1996#2051,429—
1995#1871,586—
1994#2081,401—
1993#2051,436—
1992#2101,370—
1991#2661,050—
1990#294944—
1989#295884#6,2297
1988#354703—
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1980#1,32895—
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1978#1,98748—
1977#2,42336—
1976#2,79227—
1975#2,81126—
1974#3,86316—
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First appearance
1972

The first year at least five girls were named Ciara! It came in at #8,292, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1972–1973, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Ciara is popular in 2015

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Ciara, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Ciara, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Ciara, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Ciara, so not publishedNHWashington: #931 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,224 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Ciara, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Ciara, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ciara, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #761 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,078 girlsMNIllinois: #918 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 5,321 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Ciara, so not publishedWIMichigan: #1,004 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,027 girlsMINew York: #708 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 3,805 girlsNYMassachusetts: #371 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,685 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Ciara, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Ciara, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Ciara, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Ciara, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Ciara, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Ciara, so not publishedIAIndiana: #1,072 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,126 girlsINOhio: #893 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,278 girlsOHPennsylvania: #532 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,640 girlsPANew Jersey: #579 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,859 girlsNJConnecticut: #446 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,005 girlsCTCalifornia: #694 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 3,874 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Ciara, so not publishedUTColorado: #878 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,679 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Ciara, so not publishedNEMissouri: #741 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,885 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Ciara, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Ciara, so not publishedWVVirginia: #619 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 3,123 girlsVAMaryland: #776 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,017 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Ciara, so not publishedDEArizona: #652 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,090 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Ciara, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ciara, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Ciara, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Ciara, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #896 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 5,045 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #512 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,297 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Ciara, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Ciara, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #485 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,129 girlsLAMississippi: #485 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,872 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Ciara, so not publishedALGeorgia: #659 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 3,246 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Ciara, so not publishedHITexas: #852 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 4,990 girlsTXFlorida: #708 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 3,908 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Massachusetts#371 · 1 in 1,685
  2. Connecticut#446 · 1 in 2,005
  3. Mississippi#485 · 1 in 1,872
  4. Louisiana#485 · 1 in 2,129
  5. South Carolina#512 · 1 in 2,297

Best ever in a state: #62 in South Dakota, 2005.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Massachusetts#371151 in 1,685
Connecticut#44661 in 2,005
Louisiana#485101 in 2,129
Mississippi#48561 in 1,872
South Carolina#51281 in 2,297
Pennsylvania#532201 in 2,640
New Jersey#579131 in 2,859
Virginia#619121 in 3,123
Arizona#652101 in 3,090
Georgia#659151 in 3,246
California#694531 in 3,874
Florida#708221 in 3,908
New York#708241 in 3,805
Missouri#74171 in 3,885
Minnesota#76161 in 4,078
Maryland#77661 in 4,017
Texas#852341 in 4,990
Colorado#87851 in 4,679
Ohio#893101 in 5,278
North Carolina#89691 in 5,045
Illinois#918111 in 5,321
Washington#93161 in 5,224
Michigan#1,00471 in 6,027
Indiana#1,07251 in 6,126
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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 Ciara
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 48 spots since 2024 (#1,358 → #1,406)
  • 192 spots since 2020 (#1,214 → #1,406)
  • 649 spots since 2015 (#757 → #1,406)
  • Biggest jump: 296 spots in 1985 (#705 → #409)
  • Biggest drop: 185 spots in 2017 (#869 → #1,054)
Rise & fade · girls
33 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1972
  • Peaked 2005 at #149 (2,325 births)
  • Births halved by 2008, 3 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 1982–2016
Share of babies · girls
1 in 795
  • Highest: 1 in 795 girls born in 2005 were named Ciara (0.13%)
  • Latest: 1 in 10,369 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 37.5% of all girls named Ciara (13,068) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s232#1,555 (1979)#3,389
1980s4,445#295 (1989)#659
1990s13,068#187 (1995)#229
2000s12,046#149 (2005)#294
2010s3,996#439 (2010)#774
2020s1,089#1,143 (2021)#1,283

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.

Ciara in 2015

girls
#757
372 births · 1 in 4,799 girls

Top girls' names in 2015

  1. #1Emma20,487
  2. #2Olivia19,729
  3. #3Sophia17,454
  4. #4Ava16,416
  5. #5Isabella15,667
  6. #6Mia14,943
  7. #7Abigail12,422
  8. #8Emily11,808
  9. #9Charlotte11,415
  10. #10Harper10,311
  11. #757Ciara372
More about 2015

girls

1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 4,799 of them was named Ciara, which outranked 96.0% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ciara
  1. #754Courtney374
  2. #754Lisa374
  3. #756Kassandra373
  4. #757Ciara372
  5. #757Milena372
  6. #757Penny372
  7. #760Carlee371
  8. #760Leanna371
  9. #760Zoie371

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

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,984Alaia#2,648 → #664
  2. ↑ 1,835Meilani#2,781 → #946
  3. ↑ 1,733Aitana#2,648 → #915
  4. ↑ 1,387Aislinn#2,351 → #964
  5. ↑ 1,072Taya#2,049 → #977
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Isis#703 → #1,778
  2. ↓ 502Annabell#923 → #1,425
  3. ↓ 500Anabel#911 → #1,411
  4. ↓ 344Cindy#711 → #1,055
  5. ↓ 334Anabella#529 → #863

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

See the top 100 for 2015 →