Ciena — #12625 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Ciena

The Social Security Administration has registered 352 babies named Ciena between 1994 and 2024, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ciena currently holds the #12625 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ciena performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 160 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ciena shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 71 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Ciena in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ciena 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 352 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.