Kierra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- kee-AIR-a
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #3,341 for girls
Kierra is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “dark, black-haired”. In 2025 it ranked 3,341st for girls in the US (46 babies).
What does Kierra mean?
Irish: spelling of Ciara, feminine of Ciarán
“dark, black-haired”
A spelling of Ciara, the Irish feminine of Ciarán, from ciar 'dark, black'.
Is Kierra a girl's or a boy's name?
Kierra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 46 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kierra in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 13 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kierra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Kierra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,540 |
| 2009 | 13 | #2,037 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 11 | #2,061 |
| 2004 | 10 | #2,064 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Kierra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,341among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 46about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 46 girls in the US were named Kierra, making it the 3,341st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,221st. Its busiest year was 1995, with 878 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the girls named Kierra in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kierra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46 | #3,341 |
| 2024 | 55 | #2,976 |
| 2023 | 45 | #3,475 |
| 2022 | 46 | #3,415 |
| 2021 | 42 | #3,613 |
| 2020 | 48 | #3,221 |
| 2019 | 62 | #2,729 |
| 2018 | 71 | #2,478 |
| 2017 | 95 | #2,053 |
| 2016 | 98 | #2,017 |
| 2015 | 138 | #1,580 |
| 2014 | 113 | #1,804 |
| 2013 | 172 | #1,351 |
| 2012 | 218 | #1,128 |
| 2011 | 243 | #1,025 |
| 2010 | 269 | #951 |
| 2009 | 360 | #784 |
| 2008 | 359 | #803 |
| 2007 | 447 | #663 |
| 2006 | 483 | #603 |
| 2005 | 508 | #564 |
| 2004 | 534 | #532 |
| 2003 | 529 | #534 |
| 2002 | 564 | #493 |
| 2001 | 640 | #433 |
| 2000 | 764 | #376 |
| 1999 | 798 | #367 |
| 1998 | 755 | #375 |
| 1997 | 826 | #341 |
| 1996 | 788 | #352 |
| 1995 | 878 | #316 |
| 1994 | 839 | #323 |
| 1993 | 745 | #342 |
| 1992 | 646 | #398 |
| 1991 | 613 | #415 |
| 1990 | 581 | #433 |
| 1989 | 525 | #462 |
| 1988 | 213 | #844 |
| 1987 | 111 | #1,267 |
| 1986 | 118 | #1,194 |
| 1985 | 90 | #1,409 |
| 1984 | 50 | #2,017 |
| 1983 | 44 | #2,197 |
| 1982 | 35 | #2,645 |
| 1981 | 27 | #3,147 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
Nicknames for Kierra
Names like Kierra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira Kiara Cassidy Brianna Caoimhe Teagan Kianna Cliodhna Caragh Aoibheann Raegan Bree
Names related to Kierra
More Irish names
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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, “Kierra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kierra, updated 20 October 2026.