Girls' name · since 1990
Kiora
Kiora has 308 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2024 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,678 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,131 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 308
- born since 1990
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kiora is the #4131 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 308 recorded since 1990.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kiora has been recorded 308 times among girls since 1990, currently ranked #4131 nationally and more common than 76% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2025.
- #15,678 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,131 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 308 born since 1990
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kiora ranks #15,678 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,131 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 308 born since 1990, peaking in the 2020s.
- #15,678 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,131 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 308
- born since 1990
- 2020s
- peak decade
Kiora's 308 recorded births place it above 78.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
How Kiora compares
308 46th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Kiora's all-time total is 18% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kiora | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 308 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 41 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kiora's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kiora's full recorded timeline at 2013, 70% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 30% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1990, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 41 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kiora popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2025
- Peak year (2024)
- 41
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Kiora by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (156 births, 51% of the file).
2020s was Kiora's strongest decade.
156 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Kiora births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 15
1990s
15 births
- 2000s
2000s
66 births
- 2010s
2010s
71 births
- 2020s
2020s
156 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 156 births (51% of all-time use).
Kiora by state
Where Kiora concentrates geographically, total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 6 | 1.9% |
| #2 | California | | 5 | 1.6% |
6 of 308 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- Georgia records the most Kioras (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
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 Kiora: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1990–2025 (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 Kiora 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.