Girls' name · peaked in 1997
Cierra name popularity since 1925
27,659 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Cierra. Half of them were born in 1997 or earlier, so the typical Cierra is about 29 years old in 2026. Cierra peaked in 1997 as the #180 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 27,659
- Named Cierra, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,727 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 27,623 girls · 36 boys
- Most popular in
- Maryland
- 2.14× its national share
Peak year is the year Cierra 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.
Cierra births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1998. Measured as a share of all babies, Cierra peaked in 1997.
- Fastest rise: Between 1985 and 1990, Cierra became 2.1× more common, from 1 in 3,770 baby girls to 1 in 1,820.
- Steepest fall: Between 2004 and 2009, its share of baby girls fell by 73%, from 1 in 2,010 to 1 in 7,440.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Cierra's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Cierra.
Decade by decade
Babies named Cierra 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 | 18 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1980s | 3,708 | 21 | #466 |
| 1990s | 14,056 | 8 | #186 |
| 2000s | 8,318 | 7 | #414 |
| 2010s | 1,222 | 0 | #1,874 |
| 2020–25 | 301 | 0 | #2,727 |
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
50.1% of babies named Cierra from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Cierra is most popular
The index compares Cierra'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 Cierra.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 2.14× | 857 |
| South Carolina | 1.70× | 625 |
| Florida | 1.67× | 1,580 |
| Virginia | 1.59× | 938 |
| North Carolina | 1.58× | 1,176 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Cierra 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cierra (this page) | 27,623 | 1997 |
| Kierra | 15,664 | 1995 |
| Ciera | 11,367 | 1993 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Cierra's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Cierra.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Cierra (1997).
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