# Ciara (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ciara/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Irish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈki(ə)ɹə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Kiara, Cierra |
| US babies named this | 34,883 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 7 / 34,876 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 5,884, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 556 | 524 |
| 2012 | 475 | 603 |
| 2013 | 437 | 647 |
| 2014 | 424 | 672 |
| 2015 | 372 | 757 |
| 2016 | 324 | 869 |
| 2017 | 244 | 1,054 |
| 2018 | 259 | 1,006 |
| 2019 | 204 | 1,170 |
| 2020 | 188 | 1,216 |
| 2021 | 215 | 1,144 |
| 2022 | 193 | 1,248 |
| 2023 | 170 | 1,332 |
| 2024 | 168 | 1,358 |
| 2025 | 155 | 1,408 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 7 | 6,335 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 167 | 294 |
| 2012 | 142 | 341 |
| 2013 | 129 | 353 |
| 2014 | 120 | 373 |
| 2015 | 93 | 467 |
| 2016 | 111 | 405 |
| 2017 | 103 | 427 |
| 2018 | 92 | 467 |
| 2019 | 72 | 562 |
| 2020 | 92 | 449 |
| 2021 | 78 | 521 |
| 2022 | 64 | 596 |
| 2023 | 47 | 754 |
| 2024 | 52 | 722 |
| 2025 | 39 | 894 |

## People named Ciara

- Ciara, American singer, songwriter, and dancer (born 1985)
- Ciara Renée, American actress
- Ciara Hanna, American actress and model (born 1991)
- Ciara Horne, former Irish, current British racing cyclist
- Ciara Michel, British/American volleyball player
- Ellie Rowsell, English singer and musician

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.