Ciarah
Girl · KEER-a · Irish
Ciarah is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “dark, black”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ciarah mean?
Irish: spelling of Ciara; feminine of Ciar, from Irish ciar
“dark, black”
St Ciara was a 7th-century Irish abbess.
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Meaning borrowed from Ciara. More on Wiktionary.
Is Ciarah a girl's or a boy's name?
Ciarah is a girls' name.
How popular is Ciarah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the girls named Ciarah in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ciarah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 8 | #11,830 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 23 | #5,708 |
| 2005 | 31 | #4,369 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
Names like Ciarah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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