The name Sierra is of Spanish origin, and means mountain range with jagged peaks.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Sierra 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 Sierra
Use of the Name Sierra for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
75,906
75,906
75,590
51,354
23,167
7,672
3,465
The table below indicates the number of times the name Sierra has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Sierra first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1978, 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 Sierra
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1978
908
157
1979
928
159
1980
850
183
1981
837
187
1982
782
209
1983
810
191
1984
720
230
1985
215
1,199
1986
169
1,608
1987
172
1,620
1988
180
1,550
1989
155
1,862
1990
141
2,168
1991
138
2,304
1992
129
2,610
1993
91
3,467
1994
72
4,848
1995
60
5,491
1996
62
5,486
1997
56
5,673
1998
51
5,836
1999
49
5,701
2000
53
5,503
2001
55
5,220
2002
62
4,772
2003
73
4,207
2004
92
3,465
Totals:
75,906
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Sierra as a girl's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Sierra appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 27 times during the last 125 years.