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Kiera

Gender
Girl
Say it
KEER-a
Origin
Irish
UK rank, 2025
#996 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,096 for girls

Kiera is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “dark, dark-haired”. In 2025 it ranked 996th for girls in the UK (37 babies) and 1,096th for girls in the US (219 babies).

What does Kiera mean?

Irish: anglicised spelling of Irish Ciara

“dark, dark-haired”

Anglicised spelling of Irish Ciara, the feminine of Ciarán, from ciar, dark.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Kiera is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 37 girls in the UK and 219 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Kiera in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#996among girls
Babies in 2025
37about 1 in 7,500 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 35% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 37 girls in the UK were named Kiera, making it the 996th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 606th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 677 girls.

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

Half of all the girls named Kiera in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2009. 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 Kiera or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #148, up from #996 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 951st in England and Wales.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2004 (#91).

1996Busiest: 677 in 20052025
Kiera in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202537#996
202453#771
202353#736
202259#689
202160#688
202069#606
201966#645
201886#540
2017111#442
2016149#355
2015144#355
2014131#378
2013177#297
2012193#286
2011261#217
2010314#186
2009402#153
2008431#139
2007520#118
2006592#99
2005677#90
2004661#88
2003473#122
2002441#123
2001431#125
2000450#125
1999385#141
1998351#145
1997292#175
1996243#194

How popular is Kiera in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,096among girls
Babies in 2025
219about 1 in 7,300 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 20% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 219 girls in the US were named Kiera, making it the 1,096th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 994th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 1,147 girls. It first appears in the records in 1963.

2025 had fewer girls named Kiera than any year since 1988.

Half of all the girls named Kiera in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.

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

1963Busiest: 1,147 in 20072025
Kiera in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025219#1,096
2024264#984
2023223#1,098
2022244#1,048
2021268#967
2020256#994
2019301#889
2018321#845
2017362#765
2016393#723
2015445#641
2014504#588
2013455#615
2012493#592
2011618#483
2010759#415
2009961#342
20081,069#314
20071,147#293
20061,093#301
2005942#337
2004827#379
2003676#443
2002584#481
2001601#463
2000636#444
1999671#416
1998582#443
1997584#436
1996484#496
1995536#469
1994558#458
1993512#491
1992535#461
1991507#481
1990412#565
1989458#510
1988179#940
1987145#1,058
1986140#1,072
1985134#1,081
1984101#1,260
198395#1,283
1982101#1,268
198176#1,559
198039#2,440
197938#2,430
197820#3,637
197736#2,423
197641#2,099
197552#1,780
197436#2,213
197314#4,154
197218#3,404
197117#3,650
19708#5,817
196923#2,768
19688#5,146
196710#4,299
19660–
19657#5,288
19645#6,766
19638#4,895

Names like Kiera

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Kiera

Names related to Kiera

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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, “Kiera: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kiera, updated 20 October 2026.