Kiarah — #4148 US girls' name
1,404 babies named Kiarah in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1999. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 77% of names given to girls today.
40% of everyone ever named Kiarah was born in this single decade.
81 babies were named Kiarah in 1999 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kiarah
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,404 babies named Kiarah between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kiarah currently holds the #4148 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1999, when 81 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kiarah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 556 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kiarah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 103 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Kiarah in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kiarah 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 1,404 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.
Kiarah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kiarah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1989
- Peak year (1999)
- 81
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
Currently ranks #4148 among girls.
1,404 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1999 with 81 births in a single year.
Kiarah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 556 births that decade — 40% of Kiarah's all-time total
Kiarah decade highlights
- Peak decade 556 births
- Runner-up 347 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Kiarah's strongest decade
556 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 40% of all-time use.
Kiarah by state
Where Kiarah concentrates geographically — total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 103 | 7.3% |
| #2 | California | | 96 | 6.8% |
| #3 | Florida | | 52 | 3.7% |
| #4 | Texas | | 50 | 3.6% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 16 | 1.1% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.4% |
103 of 1,404 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 7.3% of nationwide
- California 6.8% of nationwide
- Florida 3.7% of nationwide
- Texas 3.6% of nationwide
- New Jersey 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 9 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 7.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Kiarah appears in 9 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, 1989–2024 (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.