Kiara
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kee-AH-ra
- Origin
- Italian
- UK rank, 2025
- #157 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #229 for girls
Kiara is a girls' name of Italian origin, meaning “bright (Italian) or dark (Irish)”. In 2025 it ranked 157th for girls in the UK (354 babies) and 229th for girls in the US (1,335 babies).
What does Kiara mean?
Italian: spelling of Italian Chiara; also of Irish Ciara
“bright (Italian) or dark (Irish)”
Can be a spelling of Italian Chiara or Irish Ciara; Kiara is also Simba's daughter in The Lion King II.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Kiara a girl's or a boy's name?
Kiara is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 354 girls in the UK and 1,335 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kiara in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 157th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 354 about 1 in 790 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.8% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 354 girls in the UK were named Kiara, making it the 157th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 225th.
2025 had the most girls named Kiara of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Kiara in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 144th in England and Wales and 272nd in Scotland.
Kiara in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 354 | #157 |
| 2024 | 291 | #188 |
| 2023 | 310 | #184 |
| 2022 | 229 | #229 |
| 2021 | 230 | #239 |
| 2020 | 238 | #225 |
| 2019 | 253 | #211 |
| 2018 | 240 | #235 |
| 2017 | 198 | #277 |
| 2016 | 176 | #312 |
| 2015 | 128 | #393 |
| 2014 | 152 | #332 |
| 2013 | 129 | #389 |
| 2012 | 152 | #351 |
| 2011 | 145 | #362 |
| 2010 | 146 | #349 |
| 2009 | 129 | #378 |
| 2008 | 142 | #355 |
| 2007 | 135 | #357 |
| 2006 | 140 | #344 |
| 2005 | 129 | #343 |
| 2004 | 112 | #375 |
| 2003 | 96 | #413 |
| 2002 | 94 | #392 |
| 2001 | 99 | #372 |
| 2000 | 121 | #321 |
| 1999 | 97 | #374 |
| 1998 | 30 | #837 |
| 1997 | 26 | #918 |
| 1996 | 28 | #855 |
How popular is Kiara in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 229th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,335 about 1 in 1,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.2% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,335 girls in the US were named Kiara, making it the 229th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 307th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 4,024 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had more girls named Kiara than any year since 2008.
Half of all the girls named Kiara in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kiara in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,335 | #229 |
| 2024 | 1,312 | #238 |
| 2023 | 1,304 | #230 |
| 2022 | 1,223 | #251 |
| 2021 | 990 | #332 |
| 2020 | 1,037 | #307 |
| 2019 | 1,093 | #301 |
| 2018 | 962 | #336 |
| 2017 | 889 | #356 |
| 2016 | 855 | #384 |
| 2015 | 817 | #398 |
| 2014 | 925 | #353 |
| 2013 | 1,037 | #308 |
| 2012 | 921 | #345 |
| 2011 | 988 | #318 |
| 2010 | 984 | #326 |
| 2009 | 1,158 | #284 |
| 2008 | 1,422 | #242 |
| 2007 | 1,621 | #212 |
| 2006 | 1,906 | #184 |
| 2005 | 2,149 | #159 |
| 2004 | 1,828 | #187 |
| 2003 | 1,876 | #173 |
| 2002 | 2,103 | #156 |
| 2001 | 2,290 | #144 |
| 2000 | 2,560 | #130 |
| 1999 | 4,024 | #78 |
| 1998 | 1,734 | #172 |
| 1997 | 1,263 | #238 |
| 1996 | 1,389 | #213 |
| 1995 | 1,451 | #204 |
| 1994 | 1,445 | #203 |
| 1993 | 1,522 | #192 |
| 1992 | 1,568 | #193 |
| 1991 | 1,735 | #174 |
| 1990 | 1,690 | #171 |
| 1989 | 2,624 | #114 |
| 1988 | 222 | #819 |
| 1987 | 128 | #1,150 |
| 1986 | 94 | #1,367 |
| 1985 | 99 | #1,332 |
| 1984 | 73 | #1,550 |
| 1983 | 69 | #1,608 |
| 1982 | 81 | #1,474 |
| 1981 | 58 | #1,867 |
| 1980 | 32 | #2,800 |
| 1979 | 43 | #2,248 |
| 1978 | 25 | #3,098 |
| 1977 | 20 | #3,611 |
| 1976 | 20 | #3,406 |
| 1975 | 20 | #3,403 |
| 1974 | 18 | #3,558 |
| 1973 | 10 | #5,189 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
Names like Kiara
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sienna, Eden, Keira, Aoife, Khadija, Brianna, Nevaeh, Riley, Aisha, Quinn, Amira, Cassidy
Other spellings of Kiara
Names related to Kiara
Ciara, Kira, Kaira, Kiera, Kara, Kayra, Kiyara, Kiari, Kyara
More Italian names
Aria, Enzo, Bella, Gemma, Ariyah, Milani, Ariya, Armani, Bianca, Siena, Ariah, Capri, Emiliana, Jemma, Alfredo, Nella
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Kiara: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kiara, updated 20 October 2026.