# Kiera (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kiera/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 21,870 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 19 / 21,851 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 7,255, 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 | 618 | 483 |
| 2012 | 493 | 592 |
| 2013 | 455 | 615 |
| 2014 | 504 | 588 |
| 2015 | 445 | 642 |
| 2016 | 393 | 723 |
| 2017 | 362 | 765 |
| 2018 | 321 | 847 |
| 2019 | 301 | 889 |
| 2020 | 256 | 996 |
| 2021 | 268 | 969 |
| 2022 | 244 | 1,048 |
| 2023 | 223 | 1,101 |
| 2024 | 264 | 984 |
| 2025 | 219 | 1,097 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 8 | 5,954 |
| 1990 | 6 | 7,673 |
| 1993 | 5 | 9,518 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 227 | 222 |
| 2012 | 178 | 277 |
| 2013 | 160 | 293 |
| 2014 | 123 | 365 |
| 2015 | 123 | 368 |
| 2016 | 128 | 364 |
| 2017 | 94 | 467 |
| 2018 | 75 | 553 |
| 2019 | 61 | 641 |
| 2020 | 61 | 624 |
| 2021 | 51 | 734 |
| 2022 | 51 | 718 |
| 2023 | 41 | 865 |
| 2024 | 47 | 795 |
| 2025 | 37 | 951 |

## People named Kiera

- Kiera Cass, American writer of young-adult speculative fiction
- Kiera Van Ryk, Canadian volleyball player
- Kiera Hogan, American professional wrestler

## 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.