Kiera

#1,096 for girls in 2025, 219 births · Last seen for boys in 1993 at #8,700
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2007 · 1,147 births
Debut · girls
8 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
21,851
since 1963

Kiera over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Kiera has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201994peak #293, 2007girls
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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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2025#1,096219—
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2023#1,098223—
2022#1,048244—
2021#967268—
2020#994256—
2019#889301—
2018#845321—
2017#765362—
2016#723393—
2015#641445—
2014#588504—
2013#615455—
2012#592493—
2011#483618—
2010#415759—
2009#342961—
2008#3141,069—
2007#2931,147—
2006#3011,093—
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1999#416671—
1998#443582—
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1994#458558—
1993#491512#8,7005
1992#461535—
1991#481507—
1990#566412#7,1786
1989#510458#5,6158
1988#940179—
1987#1,058145—
1986#1,072140—
1985#1,081134—
1984#1,260101—
1983#1,28395—
1982#1,268101—
1981#1,55976—
1980#2,44039—
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1978#3,63720—
1977#2,42336—
1976#2,09941—
1975#1,78052—
1974#2,21336—
1973#4,15514—
1972#3,40418—
1971#3,65217—
1970#5,8188—
1969#2,76823—
1968#5,1478—
1967#4,30010—
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1964#6,7675—
1963#4,8968—
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First appearance
1963

The first year at least five girls were named Kiera! It came in at #4,896, and was given to 8 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1966, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Kiera is popular in 1994

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #149 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 463 girlsAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedNHWashington: #528 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,211 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedMNIllinois: #456 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 2,969 girlsILWisconsin: #424 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,924 girlsWIMichigan: #324 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 2,168 girlsMINew York: #468 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 3,089 girlsNYMassachusetts: #568 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,832 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedIAIndiana: #330 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,049 girlsINOhio: #568 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 4,620 girlsOHPennsylvania: #405 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 2,823 girlsPANew Jersey: #345 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,201 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #899 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 7,349 girlsCAUtah: #305 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,544 girlsUTColorado: #403 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,248 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedNEMissouri: #473 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,296 girlsMOKentucky: #359 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,499 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedWVVirginia: #266 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,603 girlsVAMaryland: #344 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,105 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedNMKansas: #430 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,576 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedARTennessee: #334 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,248 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #263 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,590 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #201 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 921 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #144 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 515 girlsDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #175 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 862 girlsLAMississippi: #218 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,015 girlsMSAlabama: #197 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,050 girlsALGeorgia: #210 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 1,101 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedHITexas: #592 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 3,999 girlsTXFlorida: #401 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 2,570 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. District of Columbia#144 · 1 in 515
  2. Alaska#149 · 1 in 463
  3. Louisiana#175 · 1 in 862
  4. Alabama#197 · 1 in 1,050
  5. South Carolina#201 · 1 in 921

Best ever in a state: #86 in North Dakota, 2007.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#14491 in 515
Alaska#14961 in 463
Louisiana#175261 in 862
Alabama#197201 in 1,050
South Carolina#201181 in 921
Georgia#210371 in 1,101
Mississippi#218121 in 1,015
North Carolina#263241 in 1,590
Virginia#266221 in 1,603
Utah#30591 in 1,544
Michigan#324251 in 2,168
Indiana#330161 in 2,049
Tennessee#334131 in 2,248
Maryland#344121 in 2,105
New Jersey#345201 in 2,201
Kentucky#35981 in 2,499
Florida#401291 in 2,570
Colorado#40391 in 2,248
Pennsylvania#405231 in 2,823
Wisconsin#42491 in 2,924
Kansas#43051 in 2,576
Illinois#456251 in 2,969
New York#468361 in 3,089
Missouri#47391 in 3,296
Washington#52891 in 3,211
Massachusetts#56871 in 4,832
Ohio#568141 in 4,620
Texas#592341 in 3,999
California#899331 in 7,349
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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 Kiera
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 112 spots since 2024 (#984 → #1,096)
  • 102 spots since 2020 (#994 → #1,096)
  • 455 spots since 2015 (#641 → #1,096)
  • Biggest jump: 430 spots in 1989 (#940 → #510)
  • Biggest drop: 112 spots in 2025 (#984 → #1,096)
Rise & fade · girls
44 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1963
  • Peaked 2007 at #293 (1,147 births)
  • Births halved by 2012, 5 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 1988–2021
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,676
  • Highest: 1 in 1,676 girls born in 2007 were named Kiera (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 7,339 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 39.1% of all girls named Kiera (8,536) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s61#2,768 (1969)#4,861
1970s280#1,780 (1975)#3,161
1980s1,468#510 (1989)#1,247
1990s5,381#416 (1999)#472
2000s8,536#293 (2007)#380
2010s4,651#415 (2010)#656
2020s1,474#967 (2021)#1,031

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.

Kiera in 1994

girls
#458
558 births · 1 in 3,200 girls

Top girls' names in 1994

  1. #1Jessica32,122
  2. #2Ashley30,281
  3. #3Emily24,154
  4. #4Samantha22,824
  5. #5Sarah22,299
  6. #6Taylor20,734
  7. #7Brittany18,900
  8. #8Amanda18,718
  9. #9Elizabeth16,786
  10. #10Megan16,580
  11. #458Kiera558
More about 1994

girls

1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 3,200 of them was named Kiera, which outranked 97.1% 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).

Ranked beside Kiera
  1. #455Madelyn561
  2. #455Marlene561
  3. #457Jeanette559
  4. #458Kiera558
  5. #459Angelique552
  6. #459Marilyn552
  7. #461Cristal550
Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,523Nohely#5,419 → #896
  2. ↑ 4,322Aaliyah#4,524 → #202
  3. ↑ 2,306Zana#3,108 → #802
  4. ↑ 1,711Aliyah#2,068 → #357
  5. ↑ 1,430Zhane#2,012 → #582
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,015Coraima#875 → #1,890
  2. ↓ 799Kalene#929 → #1,728
  3. ↓ 656Deyanira#938 → #1,594
  4. ↓ 577Crysta#968 → #1,545
  5. ↓ 562Hilary#647 → #1,209

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

See the top 100 for 1994 →