Ciara — #1364 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Ciara

The Social Security Administration has registered 34,718 babies named Ciara between 1972 and 2024, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ciara currently holds the #1364 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 2,325 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ciara performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 13,068 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Ciara shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,053 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Ciara in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ciara 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 34,718 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.