Girls' name · since 1979
Ciera
Ciera has 11,367 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1993 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,535 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,208 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 11,367
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Ciera is the #11208 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 11,367 recorded since 1979.
Ciera has 11,367 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11208 as of the latest data, more common than 35% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #1,535 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,208 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 11,367 born since 1979
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ciera ranks #1,535 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,208 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 11,367 born since 1979, peaking in the 1990s.
- #1,535 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,208 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 11,367
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ciera's 11,367 recorded births place it above 97.87% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
42 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Ciera compares
11,367 Top 9% higher than 91% of 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
Ciera's all-time total is 30x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ciera | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 11,367 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 682 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ciera's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ciera's SSA record in two at 2002 and the more recent half accounts for 22% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 78%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1979, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1993 peak of 682, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ciera popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (1993)
- 682
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Ciera popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 1986 (Ciera as boys' name)
Ciera by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (5,605 births, 49% of the file).
1990s was Ciera's strongest decade.
5,605 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Ciera births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
2,383 births
- 1990s
1990s
5,605 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,810 births
- 2010s 492
2010s
492 births
- 2020s 72
2020s
72 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 5,605 births (49% of all-time use).
How Ciera compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Ciera's total volume
Ciera by state
Where Ciera concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 935 | 8.2% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 812 | 7.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 722 | 6.4% |
| #4 | Texas | | 583 | 5.1% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 472 | 4.2% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 467 | 4.1% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 449 | 4.0% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 448 | 3.9% |
935 of 11,367 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 42 reporting states.
Ciera appears in 42 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Ciera's data
- Ciera's decade-level peak was the 1990s (5,605 total births); usage has since declined to 72 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Cieras (935 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 Ciera: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1993)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1979–2025 (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 Ciera 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.