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 2009
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- West Virginia#261 · 1 in 970
- Connecticut#443 · 1 in 2,103
- South Carolina#509 · 1 in 2,320
- Louisiana#512 · 1 in 2,295
- Indiana#532 · 1 in 2,642
Best ever in a state: #63 in District of Columbia, 1993.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #261 | 7 | 1 in 970 |
| Connecticut | #443 | 6 | 1 in 2,103 |
| South Carolina | #509 | 8 | 1 in 2,320 |
| Louisiana | #512 | 9 | 1 in 2,295 |
| Indiana | #532 | 12 | 1 in 2,642 |
| Oklahoma | #567 | 7 | 1 in 2,460 |
| Washington | #591 | 11 | 1 in 2,851 |
| Kentucky | #604 | 6 | 1 in 3,214 |
| Tennessee | #659 | 9 | 1 in 3,391 |
| Ohio | #766 | 12 | 1 in 4,537 |
| Michigan | #817 | 9 | 1 in 4,749 |
| Wisconsin | #867 | 5 | 1 in 4,902 |
| Florida | #875 | 16 | 1 in 5,146 |
| Maryland | #892 | 5 | 1 in 4,944 |
| Georgia | #934 | 10 | 1 in 5,072 |
| Missouri | #949 | 5 | 1 in 5,602 |
| Pennsylvania | #994 | 8 | 1 in 6,829 |
| Virginia | #995 | 6 | 1 in 6,116 |
| North Carolina | #1,218 | 6 | 1 in 7,736 |
| California | #1,369 | 21 | 1 in 10,395 |
| Texas | #1,395 | 17 | 1 in 9,804 |
| New York | #1,992 | 6 | 1 in 15,796 |
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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 2009
Top girls' names in 2009
More about 2009
girls
1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 7,438 of them was named Cierra, which outranked 94.8% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,045Ashtyn249
- #1,045Lucero249
- #1,047Kianna248
- #1,048Cierra247
- #1,048Jackeline247
- #1,048Kailynn247
- #1,048Naima247
- #1,053Chasity246
- #1,054Kimber245
- #1,054Zaniya245
Tied with 4 names at #1,048; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.