Baby name

Kiera

Girl

Origin of the name

Kiera is an English form of the Irish Ciara, “dark.”

Short-lived name

2007 was its best year: 1,147 births, or 1 baby in 3,485. Since then, the name has fallen 79%, to about 244 births a year. In 2025, it ranked No. 1096. 39% of all babies named Kiera since 1880 were born in the 2000s.

21,851births since 1880

2000sgeneration

No. 293rank at its peak, in 2007

Where babies named Kiera are born

2007

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The darker the blue, the more common Kiera is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Kiera is most common in Pennsylvania (1.5 times), Utah (1.5) and Minnesota (1.4), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Kiara 57,068
Kira 40,829
Kierra 15,664
Ciera 11,367
Tiera 4,075
Kera 3,458

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