Recorded 1990–2019 Girls' name Peak 2005 394 births

Kierah — girls' name

394 babies named Kierah in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s922000s1832010s119

The verdict

394 girls have been named Kierah since 1990, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2019.

394
total births
1990–2019
years on record
2000s
peak decade
46%
born in that decade
2000s
Peak decade

46% of everyone ever named Kierah was born in this single decade.

2005
Single peak year

24 babies were named Kierah in 2005 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Kierah

The Social Security Administration has registered 394 babies named Kierah between 1990 and 2019, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kierah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kierah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 183 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kierah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kierah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kierah 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 394 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.

Kierah at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

394

Since 1990

30 years of records

Peak year

2005

24 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1990

Recorded for 30 years

Last year on file: 2019

Kierah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1990

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2005)
24
Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
0510152025 20192014201020062002199819941990 7

Kierah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
183 births that decade — 46% of Kierah's all-time total
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Kierah by state

Where Kierah concentrates geographically — total births since 1990

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Kierah
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 1.3%
California share of Kierah's total US births 1.3%

5 of 394 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kierah?
394 babies have been named Kierah since 1990. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2005 with 24 births.
When was Kierah most popular?
Kierah was most popular in the 2000s decade with 183 total births. The single peak year was 2005.
Where is Kierah most popular?
The top states for the name Kierah are California (5 births).
How long has the name Kierah been used?
Kierah has been recorded in Social Security data since 1990, spanning 30 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Kierah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kiera, Kierra, Kiersten, Kierstin, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1990–2019 (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.