Sierra
#614 for girls in 2025, 476 births · Last seen for boys in 2006 at #12,055
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1999 · 5,715 births
- Debut · girls
- 32 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 12 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 100,597since 1940
Sierra 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 | #614 | 476 | — | |
| 2024 | #593 | 508 | — | |
| 2023 | #566 | 525 | — | |
| 2022 | #551 | 552 | — | |
| 2021 | #508 | 612 | — | |
| 2020 | #531 | 568 | — | |
| 2019 | #497 | 630 | — | |
| 2018 | #452 | 699 | — | |
| 2017 | #449 | 704 | — | |
| 2016 | #424 | 771 | — | |
| 2015 | #404 | 800 | — | |
| 2014 | #350 | 949 | — | |
| 2013 | #342 | 945 | — | |
| 2012 | #278 | 1,170 | — | |
| 2011 | #278 | 1,149 | — | |
| 2010 | #214 | 1,455 | — | |
| 2009 | #196 | 1,676 | — | |
| 2008 | #175 | 1,903 | — | |
| 2007 | #168 | 2,114 | — | |
| 2006 | #140 | 2,466 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #105 | 3,049 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #92 | 3,520 | #5,007 | 16 |
| 2003 | #73 | 4,242 | #6,258 | 11 |
| 2002 | #62 | 4,807 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #55 | 5,237 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #53 | 5,520 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | #49 | 5,715 | #6,530 | 9 |
| 1998 | #51 | 5,841 | #5,159 | 12 |
| 1997 | #56 | 5,688 | #5,642 | 10 |
| 1996 | #62 | 5,487 | #4,878 | 12 |
| 1995 | #60 | 5,495 | #5,501 | 10 |
| 1994 | #71 | 4,853 | #3,596 | 18 |
| 1993 | #91 | 3,473 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | #129 | 2,614 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | #138 | 2,302 | #5,096 | 10 |
| 1990 | #141 | 2,170 | #4,673 | 11 |
| 1989 | #155 | 1,863 | #4,017 | 13 |
| 1988 | #181 | 1,550 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | #173 | 1,620 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #169 | 1,610 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #216 | 1,198 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #715 | 231 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #804 | 193 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #780 | 210 | — | |
| 1981 | #835 | 187 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #845 | 184 | — | |
| 1979 | #923 | 159 | — | |
| 1978 | #903 | 158 | #2,799 | 15 |
| 1977 | #1,004 | 134 | #3,606 | 10 |
| 1976 | #1,237 | 91 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #1,381 | 76 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #1,630 | 57 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,979 | 41 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,820 | 24 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,874 | 24 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,938 | 23 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 | — | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,211 | 16 | — | |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | — | |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | — | |
| 1964 | #4,636 | 9 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 | — | |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 | — | |
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| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | — | |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | — | |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 | — | |
| 1955 | #4,376 | 8 | — | |
| 1954 | #4,278 | 8 | — | |
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| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | — | |
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| 1950 | #5,301 | 5 | — | |
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| 1948 | #3,137 | 11 | — | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,034 | 11 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,339 | 14 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,287 | 15 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,994 | 19 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,537 | 13 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,610 | 24 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,313 | 32 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Sierra! It came in at #1,313, and was given to 32 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1949–1953, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Sierra is popular in 1988
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Wyoming#66 · 1 in 231
- Montana#80 · 1 in 321
- Idaho#84 · 1 in 349
- West Virginia#88 · 1 in 394
- Maryland#94 · 1 in 490
Best ever in a state: #7 in Wyoming, 1999.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | #66 | 8 | 1 in 231 |
| Montana | #80 | 11 | 1 in 321 |
| Idaho | #84 | 15 | 1 in 349 |
| West Virginia | #88 | 22 | 1 in 394 |
| Maryland | #94 | 53 | 1 in 490 |
| Kansas | #109 | 27 | 1 in 530 |
| Vermont | #109 | 6 | 1 in 436 |
| Georgia | #115 | 63 | 1 in 637 |
| South Carolina | #122 | 29 | 1 in 646 |
| Oregon | #126 | 25 | 1 in 628 |
| Nevada | #127 | 10 | 1 in 566 |
| Oklahoma | #129 | 26 | 1 in 669 |
| Virginia | #129 | 52 | 1 in 690 |
| Florida | #130 | 96 | 1 in 760 |
| North Carolina | #130 | 53 | 1 in 723 |
| Ohio | #132 | 90 | 1 in 763 |
| South Dakota | #137 | 6 | 1 in 621 |
| Tennessee | #137 | 40 | 1 in 723 |
| Alaska | #143 | 6 | 1 in 545 |
| Missouri | #143 | 40 | 1 in 792 |
| Delaware | #144 | 5 | 1 in 700 |
| Nebraska | #146 | 13 | 1 in 696 |
| Utah | #150 | 19 | 1 in 715 |
| New Mexico | #154 | 13 | 1 in 717 |
| Colorado | #159 | 25 | 1 in 835 |
| Hawaii | #159 | 8 | 1 in 622 |
| Washington | #160 | 33 | 1 in 846 |
| Iowa | #162 | 18 | 1 in 869 |
| Indiana | #164 | 36 | 1 in 942 |
| Arizona | #169 | 29 | 1 in 868 |
| Michigan | #170 | 57 | 1 in 1,008 |
| Pennsylvania | #172 | 69 | 1 in 1,013 |
| Louisiana | #189 | 25 | 1 in 1,053 |
| Alabama | #196 | 19 | 1 in 1,138 |
| Kentucky | #200 | 17 | 1 in 1,203 |
| Wisconsin | #205 | 23 | 1 in 1,246 |
| Minnesota | #206 | 20 | 1 in 1,380 |
| Maine | #216 | 5 | 1 in 1,227 |
| California | #222 | 188 | 1 in 1,215 |
| Illinois | #223 | 53 | 1 in 1,391 |
| District of Columbia | #241 | 6 | 1 in 1,032 |
| Mississippi | #263 | 10 | 1 in 1,346 |
| New York | #266 | 69 | 1 in 1,653 |
| Texas | #303 | 70 | 1 in 1,833 |
| Massachusetts | #361 | 14 | 1 in 2,659 |
| Connecticut | #415 | 6 | 1 in 3,125 |
| New Jersey | #436 | 14 | 1 in 3,235 |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
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 Sierra
- 21 spots since 2024 (#593 → #614)
- 83 spots since 2020 (#531 → #614)
- 210 spots since 2015 (#404 → #614)
- Biggest jump: 499 spots in 1985 (#715 → #216)
- Biggest drop: 64 spots in 2011 (#214 → #278)
- Debuted 1940
- Peaked 1999 at #49 (5,715 births)
- Births halved by 2006, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 12 yrs · run 1993–2004
- Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1978–2025
- Highest: 1 in 303 girls born in 1998 were named Sierra (0.33%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,377 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
- Its best rank, #49 in 1999, was only 1 in 310 (0.32%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 43.4% of all girls named Sierra (43,638) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 144 | #1,313 (1940) | #2,616 |
| 1950s | 54 | #4,278 (1954) | #4,920 |
| 1960s | 81 | #3,211 (1967) | #4,893 |
| 1970s | 787 | #903 (1978) | #1,769 |
| 1980s | 8,846 | #155 (1989) | #487 |
| 1990s | 43,638 | #49 (1999) | #85 |
| 2000s | 34,534 | #53 (2000) | #112 |
| 2010s | 9,272 | #214 (2010) | #369 |
| 2020s | 3,241 | #508 (2021) | #561 |
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.
Sierra in 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 1,149 of them was named Sierra, which outranked 98.7% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 191,428 of them was named Sierra, which outranked 47.6% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,162Zenon11
- #4,162Zephaniah11
- #4,162Zvi11
- #4,450Sierra10
- #4,450Abigail10
- #4,450Adem10
- #4,450Adham10
- #4,786Abdulla9
- #4,786Abid9
- #4,786Abu9
Tied with 335 names at #4,450; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.