Girls' name · peaked in 2005
Ciara name popularity since 1925
34,883 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Ciara. Half of them were born in 1999 or earlier, so the typical Ciara is about 27 years old in 2026. Ciara peaked in 2005 as the #149 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 34,883
- Named Ciara, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,408 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 100.0% girls
- 34,876 girls · 7 boys
- Most popular in
- Florida
- 2.11× its national share
Peak year is the year Ciara made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Ciara births per year, 1925–2025
2005 was the biggest year for Ciara both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1981 and 1986, Ciara became 5.8× more common, from 1 in 13,700 baby girls to 1 in 2,340.
- Steepest fall: Between 2005 and 2010, its share of baby girls fell by 69%, from 1 in 795 to 1 in 2,540.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Ciara's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Ciara.
Decade by decade
Babies named Ciara in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 232 | 0 | #2,822 |
| 1980s | 4,445 | 7 | #411 |
| 1990s | 13,068 | 0 | #187 |
| 2000s | 12,046 | 0 | #149 |
| 2010s | 3,996 | 0 | #757 |
| 2020–25 | 1,089 | 0 | #1,408 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
50.5% of babies named Ciara from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Ciara is most popular
The index compares Ciara's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Ciara.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Florida | 2.11× | 2,541 |
| Arizona | 2.00× | 866 |
| Virginia | 1.49× | 1,120 |
| New Jersey | 1.35× | 1,241 |
| Maryland | 1.32× | 675 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Ciara and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Ciara (this page) | 34,876 | 2005 |
| Kiara | 57,068 | 1999 |
| Ciarra | 3,352 | 1997 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Ciara's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Ciara.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Ciara (2005).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data