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Ciara

Girl · KEER-a · Irish

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Ciara is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “dark, black”. In 2025 it ranked 643rd for girls in the UK (64 babies) and 1,406th for girls in the US (155 babies).

What does Ciara mean?

Irish: feminine of Ciar, from Irish ciar

“dark, black”

St Ciara was a 7th-century Irish abbess.

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Is Ciara a girl's or a boy's name?

Ciara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 64 girls in the UK and 155 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Ciara in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#643among girls
Babies in 2025
64about 1 in 4,400 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 38% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 64 girls in the UK were named Ciara, making it the 643rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 386th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 544 girls.

2025 had the fewest girls named Ciara since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the girls named Ciara in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 429 girls in the UK were given Ciara or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #148, up from #643 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 894th in England and Wales, 226th in Scotland and 191st in Northern Ireland.

1996Busiest: 544 in 19982025
Ciara in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202564#643
202485#517
202367#614
202283#521
2021120#411
2020126#386
2019103#461
2018122#403
2017125#398
2016133#382
2015139#370
2014162#316
2013176#298
2012185#299
2011229#248
2010251#227
2009307#196
2008335#179
2007331#185
2006419#149
2005455#132
2004487#124
2003490#119
2002456#119
2001497#114
2000474#120
1999542#108
1998544#110
1997506#111
1996323#153

How popular is Ciara in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,406among girls
Babies in 2025
155about 1 in 10,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 24% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 155 girls in the US were named Ciara, making it the 1,406th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,214th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 2,325 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Ciara than any year since 1981.

Half of all the girls named Ciara in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 2,096 girls in the US were given Ciara or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #171, up from #1,406 for this spelling alone.

1972Busiest: 2,325 in 20052025
Ciara in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025155#1,406
2024168#1,358
2023170#1,330
2022193#1,246
2021215#1,143
2020188#1,214
2019204#1,170
2018259#1,006
2017244#1,054
2016324#869
2015372#757
2014424#672
2013437#647
2012475#602
2011556#524
2010701#439
2009888#364
20081,041#322
20071,364#257
20061,609#213
20052,325#149
2004980#322
2003791#383
2002904#335
20011,005#315
20001,139#282
19991,219#256
19981,232#250
19971,401#211
19961,429#205
19951,586#187
19941,401#208
19931,436#205
19921,370#210
19911,050#266
1990944#294
1989884#295
1988703#354
1987770#314
1986733#330
1985549#409
1984235#705
1983175#869
1982179#859
1981122#1,128
198095#1,328
197974#1,555
197848#1,987
197736#2,423
197627#2,791
197526#2,811
197416#3,862
19730–
19725#8,290

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