Ceara — girls' name
1,510 babies named Ceara in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
60% of everyone ever named Ceara was born in this single decade.
143 babies were named Ceara in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ceara
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,510 babies named Ceara between 1974 and 2016, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ceara currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 143 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ceara performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 908 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Ceara shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 70 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Ceara in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ceara in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,510 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Ceara at a glance
Last recorded 2016Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ceara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1974
- Peak year (1991)
- 143
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2016.
1,510 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 143 births in a single year.
Ceara by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 908 births that decade — 60% of Ceara's all-time total
Ceara decade highlights
- Peak decade 908 births
- Runner-up 319 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Ceara's strongest decade
908 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 60% of all-time use.
Ceara by state
Where Ceara concentrates geographically — total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 70 | 4.6% |
| #2 | New York | | 55 | 3.6% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 50 | 3.3% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 34 | 2.3% |
| #5 | Texas | | 34 | 2.3% |
| #6 | Florida | | 31 | 2.1% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 21 | 1.4% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 15 | 1.0% |
70 of 1,510 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 4.6% of nationwide
- New York 3.6% of nationwide
- Ohio 3.3% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 2.3% of nationwide
- Texas 2.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 16 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 4.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Ceara appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1974–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.