Girls' name · since 1981
Kiira
Kiira has 123 recorded births since 1981 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1986 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,847 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 123
- born since 1981
- 1980s
- peak decade
Kiira is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 123 have been recorded since 1981.
Kiira has 123 recorded births among girls since 1981, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1981 to 2023.
- #24,847 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 123 born since 1981
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kiira ranks #24,847 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 123 born since 1981, peaking in the 1980s.
- #24,847 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 123
- born since 1981
- 1980s
- peak decade
Kiira's 123 recorded births place it above 65.58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Kiira's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kiira's full recorded timeline at 2005, 40% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 60% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1982, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1986 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kiira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–2023
- Peak year (1986)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Kiira by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (74 births, 60% of the file).
1980s was Kiira's strongest decade.
74 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Kiira births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
74 births
- 2000s 20
2000s
20 births
- 2010s 19
2010s
19 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 74 births (60% of all-time use).
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- Kiira's decade-level peak was the 1980s (74 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Kiira: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~42 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, 1981–2023 (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 Kiira 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.