Cierra
#2,719 for girls in 2025, 63 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #8,927
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1997 · 1,677 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 27,623since 1978
Cierra over time
Rank among girls' names. Cierra has never cracked the top 100 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 | #2,719 | 63 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,889 | 57 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,640 | 42 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,536 | 44 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,801 | 39 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,890 | 56 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,784 | 60 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,107 | 52 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,664 | 65 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,308 | 82 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,872 | 109 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,706 | 123 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,557 | 139 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,374 | 170 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,280 | 185 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,046 | 237 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,048 | 247 | — | |
| 2008 | #789 | 369 | — | |
| 2007 | #715 | 409 | — | |
| 2006 | #563 | 522 | — | |
| 2005 | #413 | 756 | — | |
| 2004 | #349 | 915 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #289 | 1,076 | — | |
| 2002 | #251 | 1,269 | — | |
| 2001 | #231 | 1,372 | — | |
| 2000 | #230 | 1,383 | — | |
| 1999 | #197 | 1,573 | — | |
| 1998 | #181 | 1,687 | — | |
| 1997 | #180 | 1,677 | — | |
| 1996 | #187 | 1,596 | — | |
| 1995 | #186 | 1,596 | — | |
| 1994 | #205 | 1,415 | — | |
| 1993 | #208 | 1,403 | — | |
| 1992 | #268 | 1,052 | — | |
| 1991 | #271 | 1,014 | — | |
| 1990 | #268 | 1,043 | #5,823 | 8 |
| 1989 | #303 | 859 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #339 | 725 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #311 | 784 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #348 | 688 | — | |
| 1985 | #466 | 456 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,633 | 67 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,817 | 58 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,369 | 41 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 | — | |
| 1979 | #5,092 | 13 | — | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Cierra! It came in at #9,750, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1978, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Cierra is popular in 1987
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maryland#89 · 1 in 472
- South Carolina#99 · 1 in 505
- Missouri#125 · 1 in 710
- Louisiana#150 · 1 in 822
- Ohio#161 · 1 in 981
Best ever in a state: #63 in District of Columbia, 1993.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | #89 | 54 | 1 in 472 |
| South Carolina | #99 | 36 | 1 in 505 |
| Missouri | #125 | 44 | 1 in 710 |
| Louisiana | #150 | 32 | 1 in 822 |
| Ohio | #161 | 69 | 1 in 981 |
| North Carolina | #169 | 36 | 1 in 1,035 |
| Alabama | #184 | 21 | 1 in 1,025 |
| District of Columbia | #201 | 7 | 1 in 814 |
| West Virginia | #206 | 8 | 1 in 1,134 |
| Florida | #213 | 53 | 1 in 1,310 |
| Georgia | #216 | 29 | 1 in 1,352 |
| Virginia | #221 | 25 | 1 in 1,390 |
| Michigan | #223 | 40 | 1 in 1,449 |
| Pennsylvania | #292 | 34 | 1 in 2,036 |
| Illinois | #297 | 38 | 1 in 1,910 |
| Kansas | #297 | 8 | 1 in 1,776 |
| Nebraska | #303 | 5 | 1 in 1,845 |
| Tennessee | #309 | 14 | 1 in 2,016 |
| New Jersey | #376 | 17 | 1 in 2,563 |
| Mississippi | #386 | 6 | 1 in 2,217 |
| Connecticut | #395 | 6 | 1 in 3,040 |
| Kentucky | #414 | 6 | 1 in 3,481 |
| Oklahoma | #438 | 6 | 1 in 2,987 |
| Indiana | #439 | 9 | 1 in 3,568 |
| Oregon | #443 | 5 | 1 in 3,063 |
| Minnesota | #466 | 6 | 1 in 4,498 |
| New York | #468 | 35 | 1 in 3,196 |
| Arizona | #482 | 8 | 1 in 3,054 |
| Washington | #487 | 8 | 1 in 3,398 |
| Texas | #591 | 29 | 1 in 4,444 |
| California | #600 | 50 | 1 in 4,302 |
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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 Cierra
- 170 spots since 2024 (#2,889 → #2,719)
- 171 spots since 2020 (#2,890 → #2,719)
- 847 spots since 2015 (#1,872 → #2,719)
- Biggest jump: 1,167 spots in 1985 (#1,633 → #466)
- Biggest drop: 259 spots in 2009 (#789 → #1,048)
- Debuted 1978
- Peaked 1997 at #180 (1,677 births)
- Births halved by 2005, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1985–2008
- Highest: 1 in 1,038 girls born in 1997 were named Cierra (0.10%)
- Latest: 1 in 25,512 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 50.9% of all girls named Cierra (14,056) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 18 | #5,092 (1979) | #7,421 |
| 1980s | 3,708 | #303 (1989) | #1,710 |
| 1990s | 14,056 | #180 (1997) | #215 |
| 2000s | 8,318 | #230 (2000) | #488 |
| 2010s | 1,222 | #1,046 (2010) | #1,970 |
| 2020s | 301 | #2,719 (2025) | #3,246 |
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.
Cierra in 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
Top boys' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 2,218 of them was named Cierra, which outranked 97.7% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 373,397 of them was named Cierra, which outranked 14.7% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,201 names at #6,951; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.