Girls' name · since 1938
Kira
40,829 babies named Kira in U.S. Social Security records since 1938, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #679 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #386 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 40,829
- born since 1938
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kira is the #386 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 40,829 recorded since 1938.
Kira has 40,829 recorded births among girls since 1938, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #386 as of the latest data, more common than 98% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1938 to 2025.
- #679 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #386 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 40,829 born since 1938
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kira ranks #679 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #386 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 40,829 born since 1938, peaking in the 2000s.
- #679 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #386 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 40,829
- born since 1938
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kira's 40,829 recorded births place it above 99.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Kira compares
40,829 Top 4% higher than 96% of 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
Kira's all-time total is 109x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kira | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 40,829 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,391 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kira's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Kira's SSA record in two at 1988 and the more recent half accounts for 84% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 16%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1938, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2005 peak of 1,391, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Kira popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1938–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 1,391
- Annual births at peak, across 88 years of records
Kira popularity over time - boys
27 total births recorded since 1982 (Kira as boys' name)
Kira by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (12,085 births, 30% of the file).
2000s was Kira's strongest decade.
12,085 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Kira births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 88
1950s
88 births
- 1960s 627
1960s
627 births
- 1970s 1,505
1970s
1,505 births
- 1980s
1980s
5,462 births
- 1990s
1990s
7,439 births
- 2000s
2000s
12,085 births
- 2010s
2010s
8,979 births
- 2020s 4,634
2020s
4,634 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 12,085 births (30% of all-time use).
How Kira compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Kira's total volume
Kira by state
Where Kira concentrates geographically, total births since 1938
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5,846 | 14.3% |
| #2 | New York | | 2,505 | 6.1% |
| #3 | Texas | | 2,304 | 5.6% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 2,215 | 5.4% |
| #5 | Florida | | 1,883 | 4.6% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 1,456 | 3.6% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 1,342 | 3.3% |
| #8 | Washington | | 1,258 | 3.1% |
5,846 of 40,829 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Kira appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Kira's data
- Kira's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (12,085 total births) through the 2020s (4,634) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Kiras (5,846 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Kira
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kira: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~87 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, 1938–2025 (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 Kira 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.