# Kira (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/kira/  
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 | Persian |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /kiːrə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Kiera |
| US babies named this | 40,856 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 27 / 40,829 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,993, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Kyra or borrowed from Russian Ки́ра (Kíra), ultimately from Persian کوروش (Kūrūš). Also used as a respelling of Ciara, from Irish [Term?].

## 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 | 946 | 335 |
| 2012 | 886 | 358 |
| 2013 | 902 | 355 |
| 2014 | 950 | 349 |
| 2015 | 910 | 361 |
| 2016 | 881 | 369 |
| 2017 | 821 | 379 |
| 2018 | 829 | 379 |
| 2019 | 818 | 383 |
| 2020 | 808 | 385 |
| 2021 | 814 | 384 |
| 2022 | 801 | 390 |
| 2023 | 721 | 429 |
| 2024 | 689 | 455 |
| 2025 | 801 | 385 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 6 | 6,045 |
| 1984 | 5 | 6,880 |
| 1985 | 5 | 7,107 |
| 2004 | 6 | 10,742 |
| 2005 | 5 | 12,502 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 106 | 414 |
| 2012 | 90 | 487 |
| 2013 | 93 | 450 |
| 2014 | 104 | 415 |
| 2015 | 78 | 560 |
| 2016 | 110 | 409 |
| 2017 | 103 | 427 |
| 2018 | 89 | 484 |
| 2019 | 63 | 623 |
| 2020 | 93 | 445 |
| 2021 | 87 | 483 |
| 2022 | 76 | 518 |
| 2023 | 83 | 477 |
| 2024 | 77 | 510 |
| 2025 | 89 | 451 |

## In other languages

- Russian: Ки́ра
- Swedish: Kira

## People named Kira

- Kira Kosarin, American actress and singer-songwriter (born 1997)
- Kira Yarmysh, Alexei Navalny's spokesperson and writer
- Kira Weidle-Winkelmann, German female alpine skier
- Kira Grünberg, Austrian pole vaulting athlete and politician
- Kira Walkenhorst, German beach volleyball player
- Kira Reed, American actress, producer, television host
- Kira Noir, American pornographic actress
- Kira Marie Peter-Hansen, Danish politician
- Kira Lewis Jr., American basketball player (born 2001)
- Kira Toussaint, Dutch swimmer
- Kira Buckland, American actress
- Kira Maria Asenina of Bulgaria, Bulgarian princess and empress consort (tsarina)

## 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.