Kirra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- KEER-a
- US rank, 2025
- #4,459 for girls
Kirra is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 4,459th for girls in the US (31 babies).
What does Kirra mean?
Australian, from Kirra Beach in Queensland, said to be an Aboriginal name
Kirra is a well-known surf beach on Queensland's Gold Coast.
Is Kirra a girl's or a boy's name?
Kirra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 31 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kirra in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Kirra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2008. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Kirra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 7 | #2,281 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Kirra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,459among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 31about 1 in 52,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 31 girls in the US were named Kirra, making it the 4,459th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,840th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 203 girls. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the girls named Kirra in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,096 girls in the US were given Kirra or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #171, up from #4,459 for this spelling alone.
Kirra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 31 | #4,459 |
| 2024 | 27 | #4,890 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,909 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,961 |
| 2021 | 37 | #3,933 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,840 |
| 2019 | 66 | #2,632 |
| 2018 | 46 | #3,395 |
| 2017 | 70 | #2,530 |
| 2016 | 56 | #2,966 |
| 2015 | 73 | #2,471 |
| 2014 | 98 | #2,010 |
| 2013 | 108 | #1,866 |
| 2012 | 128 | #1,663 |
| 2011 | 133 | #1,619 |
| 2010 | 172 | #1,357 |
| 2009 | 187 | #1,292 |
| 2008 | 203 | #1,238 |
| 2007 | 170 | #1,402 |
| 2006 | 164 | #1,387 |
| 2005 | 112 | #1,754 |
| 2004 | 85 | #2,115 |
| 2003 | 44 | #3,287 |
| 2002 | 36 | #3,650 |
| 2001 | 35 | #3,699 |
| 2000 | 40 | #3,329 |
| 1999 | 33 | #3,635 |
| 1998 | 31 | #3,727 |
| 1997 | 30 | #3,713 |
| 1996 | 28 | #3,826 |
| 1995 | 26 | #3,964 |
| 1994 | 24 | #4,233 |
| 1993 | 16 | #5,667 |
| 1992 | 24 | #4,229 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,043 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,890 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,069 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 9 | #6,952 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 26 | #3,259 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
Names like Kirra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Keira Kiara Caoimhe Eden Niamh Safa Sienna Eilidh Eira Ffion Brianna Orla
Other spellings of Kirra
Names related to Kirra
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, “Kirra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kirra, updated 20 October 2026.