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

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Peak · girls
1997 · 1,677 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
27,623
since 1978

Cierra over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201999peak #180, 1997girls
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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
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2,71963—
2024#2,88957—
2023#3,64042—
2022#3,53644—
2021#3,80139—
2020#2,89056—
2019#2,78460—
2018#3,10752—
2017#2,66465—
2016#2,30882—
2015#1,872109—
2014#1,706123—
2013#1,557139—
2012#1,374170—
2011#1,280185—
2010#1,046237—
2009#1,048247—
2008#789369—
2007#715409—
2006#563522—
2005#413756—
2004#349915#8,9277
2003#2891,076—
2002#2511,269—
2001#2311,372—
2000#2301,383—
1999#1971,573—
1998#1811,687—
1997#1801,677—
1996#1871,596—
1995#1861,596—
1994#2051,415—
1993#2081,403—
1992#2681,052—
1991#2711,014—
1990#2681,043#5,8238
1989#303859#5,1659
1988#339725#5,7517
1987#311784#6,9515
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1984#1,63367—
1983#1,81758—
1982#2,36941—
1981#4,53216—
1980#4,97814—
1979#5,09213—
1978#9,7505—
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First appearance
1978

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 1999

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Cierra, so not publishedAKMaine: #138 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 489 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Cierra, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Cierra, so not publishedNHWashington: #198 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 835 girlsWAIdaho: #251 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 997 girlsIDMontana: #166 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 554 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #147 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 522 girlsNDMinnesota: #252 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 1,315 girlsMNIllinois: #276 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 1,397 girlsILWisconsin: #227 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,147 girlsWIMichigan: #176 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 900 girlsMINew York: #294 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 1,610 girlsNYMassachusetts: #503 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,485 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Cierra, so not publishedRIOregon: #216 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 906 girlsORNevada: #181 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 710 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Cierra, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Cierra, so not publishedSDIowa: #310 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,528 girlsIAIndiana: #138 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 639 girlsINOhio: #126 for girls · 102 births · 1 in 603 girlsOHPennsylvania: #136 for girls · 91 births · 1 in 637 girlsPANew Jersey: #383 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,307 girlsNJConnecticut: #478 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,068 girlsCTCalifornia: #368 for girls · 111 births · 1 in 1,973 girlsCAUtah: #294 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,277 girlsUTColorado: #216 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 961 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Cierra, so not publishedNEMissouri: #153 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 697 girlsMOKentucky: #110 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 490 girlsKYWest Virginia: #167 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 727 girlsWVVirginia: #128 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 592 girlsVAMaryland: #161 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 748 girlsMDDelaware: #120 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 388 girlsDEArizona: #176 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 743 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Cierra, so not publishedNMKansas: #135 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 570 girlsKSArkansas: #197 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 842 girlsARTennessee: #138 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 638 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #128 for girls · 70 births · 1 in 607 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #158 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 679 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #103 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 342 girlsDCOklahoma: #171 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 725 girlsOKLouisiana: #151 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 648 girlsLAMississippi: #226 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 984 girlsMSAlabama: #149 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 681 girlsALGeorgia: #157 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 762 girlsGAHawaii: #179 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 581 girlsHITexas: #238 for girls · 126 births · 1 in 1,168 girlsTXFlorida: #146 for girls · 108 births · 1 in 692 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. District of Columbia#103 · 1 in 342
  2. Kentucky#110 · 1 in 490
  3. Delaware#120 · 1 in 388
  4. Ohio#126 · 1 in 603
  5. Virginia#128 · 1 in 592

Best ever in a state: #63 in District of Columbia, 1993.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#103101 in 342
Kentucky#110411 in 490
Delaware#12081 in 388
Ohio#1261021 in 603
North Carolina#128701 in 607
Virginia#128581 in 592
Kansas#135231 in 570
Pennsylvania#136911 in 637
Indiana#138521 in 639
Maine#13891 in 489
Tennessee#138481 in 638
Florida#1461081 in 692
North Dakota#14751 in 522
Alabama#149311 in 681
Louisiana#151341 in 648
Missouri#153421 in 697
Georgia#157601 in 762
South Carolina#158251 in 679
Maryland#161321 in 748
Montana#16651 in 554
West Virginia#167101 in 727
Oklahoma#171231 in 725
Arizona#176411 in 743
Michigan#176571 in 900
Hawaii#17961 in 581
Nevada#181131 in 710
Arkansas#197141 in 842
Washington#198351 in 835
Colorado#216241 in 961
Oregon#216181 in 906
Mississippi#226121 in 984
Wisconsin#227221 in 1,147
Texas#2381261 in 1,168
Idaho#25161 in 997
Minnesota#252191 in 1,315
Illinois#276501 in 1,397
New York#294621 in 1,610
Utah#294131 in 1,277
Iowa#31091 in 1,528
California#3681111 in 1,973
New Jersey#383181 in 2,307
Connecticut#47851 in 3,068
Massachusetts#50391 in 3,485
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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
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1978
  • Peaked 1997 at #180 (1,677 births)
  • Births halved by 2005, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 24 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 24 yrs · run 1985–2008
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,038
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 50.9% of all girls named Cierra (14,056) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s18#5,092 (1979)#7,421
1980s3,708#303 (1989)#1,710
1990s14,056#180 (1997)#215
2000s8,318#230 (2000)#488
2010s1,222#1,046 (2010)#1,970
2020s301#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 1999

girls
#197
1,573 births · 1 in 1,128 girls

Top girls' names in 1999

  1. #1Emily26,542
  2. #2Hannah21,679
  3. #3Alexis19,237
  4. #4Sarah19,119
  5. #5Samantha19,044
  6. #6Ashley18,136
  7. #7Madison18,054
  8. #8Taylor16,906
  9. #9Jessica16,350
  10. #10Elizabeth15,350
  11. #197Cierra1,573
More about 1999

girls

1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 1,128 of them was named Cierra, which outranked 98.8% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cierra
  1. #194Karla1,609
  2. #195Sofia1,604
  3. #196Jasmin1,574
  4. #197Cierra1,573
  5. #198Mckenna1,571
  6. #199April1,554
  7. #200Kirsten1,533
Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,407Citlalli#2,338 → #931
  2. ↑ 1,329Noelia#2,048 → #719
  3. ↑ 1,060Amaya#1,458 → #398
  4. ↑ 864Kyara#1,789 → #925
  5. ↑ 604Journey#1,557 → #953
Fallers
  1. ↓ 579Erykah#779 → #1,358
  2. ↓ 417Tea#747 → #1,164
  3. ↓ 415Tasia#800 → #1,215
  4. ↓ 406Monika#930 → #1,336
  5. ↓ 357Chase#952 → #1,309

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

See the top 100 for 1999 →