Girls' name · peaked in 2007
Kiera name popularity since 1925
21,870 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Kiera. Half of them were born in 2005 or earlier, so the typical Kiera is about 21 years old in 2026. Kiera peaked in 2007 as the #293 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 21,870
- Named Kiera, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,097 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 21,851 girls · 19 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 1.92× its national share
Peak year is the year Kiera 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.
Kiera births per year, 1925–2025
2007 was the biggest year for Kiera both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1984 and 1989, Kiera became 4.1× more common, from 1 in 16,700 baby girls to 1 in 4,030.
- Steepest fall: Between 2008 and 2013, its share of baby girls fell by 54%, from 1 in 1,770 to 1 in 3,860.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Kiera's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Kiera.
Decade by decade
Babies named Kiera 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 | 61 | 0 | #5,538 |
| 1970s | 280 | 0 | #1,792 |
| 1980s | 1,468 | 8 | #1,087 |
| 1990s | 5,381 | 11 | #470 |
| 2000s | 8,536 | 0 | #337 |
| 2010s | 4,651 | 0 | #642 |
| 2020–25 | 1,474 | 0 | #1,097 |
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
56.0% of babies named Kiera from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Kiera is most popular
The index compares Kiera'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 Kiera.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 1.92× | 324 |
| Washington | 1.60× | 529 |
| Colorado | 1.56× | 381 |
| Arizona | 1.54× | 396 |
| Minnesota | 1.35× | 488 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Kiera 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kiera (this page) | 21,851 | 2007 |
| Keira | 33,836 | 2006 |
| 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 Kiera's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Kiera.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Kiera (2007).
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