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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201999peak #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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,096219
2024#984264
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
2005#337942
2004#379827
2003#443676
2002#481584
2001#463601
2000#444636
1999#416671
1998#443582
1997#436584
1996#496484
1995#469536
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
1979#2,43038
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
1966
1965#5,2897
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 1999

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedAKMaine: 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: #442 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,247 girlsWAIdaho: #303 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,197 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #304 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,665 girlsMNIllinois: #372 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 1,995 girlsILWisconsin: #336 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,802 girlsWIMichigan: #332 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,900 girlsMINew York: #254 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 1,349 girlsNYMassachusetts: #379 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,413 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedRIOregon: #525 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,719 girlsORNevada: #379 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,537 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedSDIowa: #399 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,292 girlsIAIndiana: #460 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,768 girlsINOhio: #372 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 2,198 girlsOHPennsylvania: #276 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 1,485 girlsPANew Jersey: #449 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,769 girlsNJConnecticut: #381 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,191 girlsCTCalifornia: #645 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 4,213 girlsCAUtah: #312 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,384 girlsUTColorado: #447 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,306 girlsCONebraska: #304 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,333 girlsNEMissouri: #602 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,180 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: #277 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,455 girlsWVVirginia: #322 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,718 girlsVAMaryland: #438 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,394 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedDEArizona: #754 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,350 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedARTennessee: #373 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,187 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #366 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 2,024 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #329 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,697 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #480 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,383 girlsOKLouisiana: #244 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,102 girlsLAMississippi: #299 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,312 girlsMSAlabama: #294 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,507 girlsALGeorgia: #279 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 1,386 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Kiera, so not publishedHITexas: #732 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 4,907 girlsTXFlorida: #364 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 2,075 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Louisiana#244 · 1 in 1,102
  2. New York#254 · 1 in 1,349
  3. Pennsylvania#276 · 1 in 1,485
  4. West Virginia#277 · 1 in 1,455
  5. Georgia#279 · 1 in 1,386

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Louisiana#244201 in 1,102
New York#254741 in 1,349
Pennsylvania#276391 in 1,485
West Virginia#27751 in 1,455
Georgia#279331 in 1,386
Alabama#294141 in 1,507
Mississippi#29991 in 1,312
Idaho#30351 in 1,197
Minnesota#304151 in 1,665
Nebraska#30461 in 1,333
Utah#312121 in 1,384
Virginia#322201 in 1,718
South Carolina#329101 in 1,697
Michigan#332271 in 1,900
Wisconsin#336141 in 1,802
Florida#364361 in 2,075
North Carolina#366211 in 2,024
Illinois#372351 in 1,995
Ohio#372281 in 2,198
Tennessee#373141 in 2,187
Massachusetts#379131 in 2,413
Nevada#37961 in 1,537
Connecticut#38171 in 2,191
Iowa#39961 in 2,292
Maryland#438101 in 2,394
Washington#442131 in 2,247
Colorado#447101 in 2,306
New Jersey#449151 in 2,769
Indiana#460121 in 2,768
Oklahoma#48071 in 2,383
Oregon#52561 in 2,719
Missouri#60271 in 4,180
California#645521 in 4,213
Texas#732301 in 4,907
Arizona#75471 in 4,350
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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 1999

girls
#416
671 births · 1 in 2,644 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. #416Kiera671
More about 1999

girls

1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 2,644 of them was named Kiera, which outranked 97.5% 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 Kiera
  1. #413Ellen675
  2. #414Iris674
  3. #415Lesly672
  4. #416Kiera671
  5. #417Felicia665
  6. #418Mayra664
  7. #418Mckayla664
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