# Sierra (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sierra/  
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 | Cierra, Ciera |
| US babies named this | 100,866 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 269 / 100,597 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 531, 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 | 1,149 | 278 |
| 2012 | 1,170 | 278 |
| 2013 | 945 | 345 |
| 2014 | 949 | 351 |
| 2015 | 800 | 404 |
| 2016 | 771 | 424 |
| 2017 | 704 | 450 |
| 2018 | 699 | 454 |
| 2019 | 630 | 499 |
| 2020 | 568 | 534 |
| 2021 | 612 | 508 |
| 2022 | 552 | 551 |
| 2023 | 525 | 567 |
| 2024 | 508 | 596 |
| 2025 | 476 | 616 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 8 | 6,609 |
| 1993 | 8 | 6,733 |
| 1994 | 18 | 3,730 |
| 1995 | 10 | 5,851 |
| 1996 | 12 | 5,139 |
| 1997 | 10 | 6,023 |
| 1998 | 12 | 5,415 |
| 1999 | 9 | 7,022 |
| 2000 | 8 | 8,099 |
| 2001 | 7 | 9,092 |
| 2002 | 7 | 9,247 |
| 2003 | 11 | 6,656 |
| 2004 | 16 | 5,208 |
| 2005 | 5 | 13,067 |
| 2006 | 5 | 13,723 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,636 |
| 2012 | 19 | 1,583 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,460 |
| 2014 | 19 | 1,562 |
| 2015 | 16 | 1,783 |
| 2016 | 27 | 1,241 |
| 2017 | 20 | 1,568 |
| 2018 | 32 | 1,083 |
| 2019 | 27 | 1,218 |
| 2020 | 32 | 1,044 |
| 2021 | 43 | 828 |
| 2022 | 38 | 910 |
| 2023 | 56 | 647 |
| 2024 | 45 | 826 |
| 2025 | 48 | 763 |

## People named Sierra

- Sierra Boggess, American actress and singer
- Sierra Hull, American bluegrass musician and songwriter
- Sierra Capri, American actress
- Sierra Kusterbeck, American singer and songwriter
- Sierra Ferrell, American singer-songwriter (born 1988)
- Katt Williams, American comedian and actor (born 1971)

## 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.