Total births
123
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.
- 123
- total births
- 1981–2023
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 60%
- born in that 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.
- 123 total births
- 1981–2023 years on record
- 1980s peak decade
- 60% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
123 girls have been named Kiira since 1981, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2023.
- 123
- total births
- 1981–2023
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 60%
- born in that decade
1980s
Peak decade
60% of everyone ever named Kiira was born in this single decade.
1986
Single peak year
13 babies were named Kiira in 1986 - its busiest year on record.
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 at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
1986
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1981
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
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
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).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Kiira? ▼
Kiira has been given to 123 babies in the U.S. since 1981, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2023. 13 babies were born in 1986, its single highest year.
When was Kiira most popular? ▼
Kiira was most popular in the 1980s decade with 74 total births. The single peak year was 1986.
How long has the name Kiira been used? ▼
Records for Kiira go back to 1981, giving 43 years of history through 2023.
What names are similar to Kiira? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kiiara, Kiisha, Kiirsten. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
What to do with Kiira's data
- 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.
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
Keep exploring Kiira
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Kiira: Baby Name Since 1981 - 123 Births, Peak 1986." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/kiira. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 July 2026.