Kiara — #238 US girls' name
55,726 babies named Kiara in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99% of names given to girls today.
34% of everyone ever named Kiara was born in this single decade.
4,024 babies were named Kiara in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kiara
The Social Security Administration has registered 55,726 babies named Kiara between 1968 and 2024, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kiara currently holds the #238 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 4,024 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kiara performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 18,912 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Kiara shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6,580 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Kiara in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kiara 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 55,726 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.
Kiara at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Kiara popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1968
- Peak year (1999)
- 4,024
- Annual births at peak — across 57 years of records
Currently ranks #238 among girls.
55,726 total births across 57 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 4,024 births in a single year.
Kiara popularity over time — boys
221 total births recorded since 1988 (Kiara as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Kiara accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Kiara by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 18,912 births that decade — 34% of Kiara's all-time total
Kiara decade highlights
- Peak decade 18,912 births
- Runner-up 17,821 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kiara's strongest decade
18,912 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Kiara by state
Where Kiara concentrates geographically — total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6,580 | 11.8% |
| #2 | New York | | 5,335 | 9.6% |
| #3 | Texas | | 4,459 | 8.0% |
| #4 | Florida | | 4,057 | 7.3% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 2,456 | 4.4% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 2,224 | 4.0% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 1,938 | 3.5% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 1,910 | 3.4% |
6,580 of 55,726 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 11.8% of nationwide
- New York 9.6% of nationwide
- Texas 8.0% of nationwide
- Florida 7.3% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 11.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kiara appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1968–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.