Kiara
#229 for girls in 2025, 1,335 births · Last seen for boys in 2006 at #10,662
Given to girls 99.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1999 · 4,024 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 1 yrof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 57,068since 1968
Kiara over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #229 | 1,335 | — | |
| 2024 | #238 | 1,312 | — | |
| 2023 | #230 | 1,304 | — | |
| 2022 | #251 | 1,223 | — | |
| 2021 | #332 | 990 | — | |
| 2020 | #307 | 1,037 | — | |
| 2019 | #301 | 1,093 | — | |
| 2018 | #336 | 962 | — | |
| 2017 | #356 | 889 | — | |
| 2016 | #384 | 855 | — | |
| 2015 | #398 | 817 | — | |
| 2014 | #353 | 925 | — | |
| 2013 | #308 | 1,037 | — | |
| 2012 | #345 | 921 | — | |
| 2011 | #318 | 988 | — | |
| 2010 | #326 | 984 | — | |
| 2009 | #284 | 1,158 | — | |
| 2008 | #242 | 1,422 | — | |
| 2007 | #212 | 1,621 | — | |
| 2006 | #184 | 1,906 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #159 | 2,149 | — | |
| 2004 | #187 | 1,828 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #173 | 1,876 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #156 | 2,103 | — | |
| 2001 | #144 | 2,290 | — | |
| 2000 | #130 | 2,560 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | #78 | 4,024 | — | |
| 1998 | #172 | 1,734 | — | |
| 1997 | #238 | 1,263 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #213 | 1,389 | #9,015 | 5 |
| 1995 | #204 | 1,451 | — | |
| 1994 | #203 | 1,445 | — | |
| 1993 | #192 | 1,522 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | #193 | 1,568 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #174 | 1,735 | #4,231 | 13 |
| 1990 | #171 | 1,690 | #2,086 | 35 |
| 1989 | #114 | 2,624 | #956 | 114 |
| 1988 | #819 | 222 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #1,150 | 128 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,367 | 94 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,333 | 99 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,550 | 73 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,608 | 69 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,474 | 81 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,867 | 58 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,800 | 32 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,248 | 43 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,098 | 25 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,612 | 20 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,407 | 20 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,404 | 20 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,558 | 18 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,191 | 10 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 | — | |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | — | |
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| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | — | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Kiara! It came in at #7,016, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1970–1971, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Kiara is popular in 1994
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Mississippi#64 · 1 in 271
- District of Columbia#88 · 1 in 309
- Alabama#110 · 1 in 512
- Louisiana#112 · 1 in 534
- Virginia#117 · 1 in 551
Best ever in a state: #13 in District of Columbia, 1989.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #64 | 45 | 1 in 271 |
| District of Columbia | #88 | 15 | 1 in 309 |
| Alabama | #110 | 41 | 1 in 512 |
| Louisiana | #112 | 42 | 1 in 534 |
| Georgia | #117 | 68 | 1 in 599 |
| Virginia | #117 | 64 | 1 in 551 |
| Maryland | #130 | 44 | 1 in 574 |
| Arkansas | #132 | 20 | 1 in 570 |
| Massachusetts | #132 | 55 | 1 in 615 |
| Florida | #152 | 92 | 1 in 810 |
| Illinois | #153 | 101 | 1 in 735 |
| Delaware | #155 | 5 | 1 in 671 |
| New York | #157 | 136 | 1 in 818 |
| Michigan | #171 | 58 | 1 in 935 |
| North Carolina | #174 | 44 | 1 in 867 |
| South Carolina | #176 | 20 | 1 in 829 |
| Connecticut | #177 | 19 | 1 in 898 |
| Tennessee | #182 | 32 | 1 in 913 |
| Hawaii | #186 | 7 | 1 in 667 |
| Nevada | #187 | 10 | 1 in 777 |
| New Jersey | #188 | 42 | 1 in 1,048 |
| Pennsylvania | #200 | 54 | 1 in 1,203 |
| Oklahoma | #226 | 14 | 1 in 1,156 |
| Texas | #227 | 112 | 1 in 1,214 |
| West Virginia | #249 | 6 | 1 in 1,319 |
| Kentucky | #251 | 13 | 1 in 1,538 |
| Indiana | #266 | 21 | 1 in 1,561 |
| Arizona | #282 | 19 | 1 in 1,424 |
| New Mexico | #293 | 7 | 1 in 1,261 |
| Missouri | #298 | 15 | 1 in 1,978 |
| Nebraska | #300 | 5 | 1 in 1,619 |
| Wisconsin | #307 | 14 | 1 in 1,879 |
| Kansas | #319 | 8 | 1 in 1,610 |
| Minnesota | #326 | 12 | 1 in 2,135 |
| Oregon | #349 | 9 | 1 in 1,781 |
| Ohio | #357 | 26 | 1 in 2,487 |
| California | #378 | 113 | 1 in 2,146 |
| Utah | #411 | 6 | 1 in 2,316 |
| Washington | #429 | 12 | 1 in 2,408 |
| Colorado | #492 | 7 | 1 in 2,890 |
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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 Kiara
- 9 spots since 2024 (#238 → #229)
- 78 spots since 2020 (#307 → #229)
- 169 spots since 2015 (#398 → #229)
- Biggest jump: 705 spots in 1989 (#819 → #114)
- Biggest drop: 57 spots in 1990 (#114 → #171)
- Debuted 1968
- Peaked 1999 at #78 (4,024 births)
- Births halved by 2003, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 1 yr · 1999
- Top 1,000: 38 yrs · run 1988–2025
- Highest: 1 in 441 girls born in 1999 were named Kiara (0.23%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,204 girls born in 2025 (0.08%)
- 33.1% of all girls named Kiara (18,913) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12 | #5,974 (1969) | #6,495 |
| 1970s | 170 | #2,248 (1979) | #4,258 |
| 1980s | 3,480 | #114 (1989) | #1,408 |
| 1990s | 17,821 | #78 (1999) | #184 |
| 2000s | 18,913 | #130 (2000) | #187 |
| 2010s | 9,471 | #301 (2019) | #343 |
| 2020s | 7,201 | #229 (2025) | #265 |
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.
Kiara in 1994
Top girls' names in 1994
More about 1994
girls
1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 1,236 of them was named Kiara, which outranked 98.7% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.