Kiarah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kee-AH-ra
- Origin
- Italian
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,516 for girls
Kiarah is a girls' name of Italian origin, meaning “bright (Italian) or dark (Irish)”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 3,516th for girls in the US (43 babies).
What does Kiarah mean?
Italian: spelling of Kiara, itself a 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.
Meaning borrowed from Kiara. More on Wiktionary.
Is Kiarah a girl's or a boy's name?
Kiarah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 43 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kiarah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Kiarah, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 15 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Kiarah than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Kiarah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 361 girls in the UK were given Kiarah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #177, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Kiarah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,958 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
How popular is Kiarah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,516among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 43about 1 in 37,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 43 girls in the US were named Kiarah, making it the 3,516th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,546th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 81 girls. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the girls named Kiarah in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,393 girls in the US were given Kiarah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #250, up from #3,516 for this spelling alone.
Kiarah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 43 | #3,516 |
| 2024 | 35 | #4,113 |
| 2023 | 47 | #3,386 |
| 2022 | 35 | #4,106 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 29 | #4,546 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4,908 |
| 2018 | 36 | #4,000 |
| 2017 | 27 | #4,920 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,129 |
| 2015 | 33 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 42 | #3,650 |
| 2013 | 40 | #3,776 |
| 2012 | 39 | #3,914 |
| 2011 | 35 | #4,150 |
| 2010 | 43 | #3,623 |
| 2009 | 43 | #3,676 |
| 2008 | 49 | #3,376 |
| 2007 | 54 | #3,168 |
| 2006 | 56 | #3,016 |
| 2005 | 75 | #2,356 |
| 2004 | 34 | #4,089 |
| 2003 | 58 | #2,704 |
| 2002 | 51 | #2,884 |
| 2001 | 66 | #2,375 |
| 2000 | 70 | #2,232 |
| 1999 | 81 | #1,937 |
| 1998 | 45 | #2,886 |
| 1997 | 33 | #3,445 |
| 1996 | 43 | #2,792 |
| 1995 | 22 | #4,513 |
| 1994 | 24 | #4,233 |
| 1993 | 22 | #4,518 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,842 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,280 |
Names like Kiarah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sienna Keira Nevaeh Eden Aaliyah Cassidy Caoimhe Fiadh Khadija Aoife Ayah Safa
Other spellings of Kiarah
Names related to Kiarah
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, “Kiarah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kiarah, updated 20 October 2026.