Girls' name · since 1994
Ciena
Ciena has 360 recorded births since 1994 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,415 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,339 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 360
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
360 babies have been named Ciena since 1994, making it today's #11339 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ciena has been recorded 360 times among girls since 1994, currently ranked #11339 nationally and more common than 34% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2025.
- #14,415 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,339 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 360 born since 1994
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ciena ranks #14,415 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,339 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 360 born since 1994, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,415 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,339 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 360
- born since 1994
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ciena's 360 recorded births place it above 80.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Ciena compares
360 49th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Ciena's all-time total is 4% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ciena | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 360 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 27 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ciena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ciena's SSA record in two at 2009 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1995, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 27, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ciena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Ciena by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (160 births, 44% of the file).
2000s was Ciena's strongest decade.
160 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Ciena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 44
1990s
44 births
- 2000s
2000s
160 births
- 2010s
2010s
97 births
- 2020s 59
2020s
59 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 160 births (44% of all-time use).
Ciena by state
Where Ciena concentrates geographically, total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 71 | 19.7% |
| #2 | New York | | 5 | 1.4% |
71 of 360 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Ciena's data
- Ciena's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (160 total births) through the 2020s (59) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Cienas (71 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ciena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~31 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1994–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ciena draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.