Cierra — #2897 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Cierra

The Social Security Administration has registered 27,560 babies named Cierra between 1978 and 2024, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Cierra currently holds the #2897 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 1,687 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Cierra performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 14,056 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Cierra shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,085 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Cierra in 48 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Cierra 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 27,560 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.