The name Kiera is of Irish origin, and is an alternate form of Ciara.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Kiera has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Kiera
Use of the Name Kiera for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
9,316
9,316
9,316
6,155
3,301
1,490
818
The table below indicates the number of times the name Kiera has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Kiera first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1988, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Kiera
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1988
939
179
1989
512
457
1990
566
411
1991
480
507
1992
458
536
1993
490
512
1994
458
559
1995
470
535
1996
496
484
1997
436
584
1998
443
582
1999
416
669
2000
444
634
2001
465
597
2002
482
580
2003
445
672
2004
378
818
Totals:
9,316
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Kiera as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and almost never as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are significantly lower than actual counts because the name Kiera appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 17 times during the last 125 years.