Girls' name · since 1975
Kirah
1,034 babies named Kirah in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,336 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,936 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,034
- born since 1975
- 2000s
- peak decade
1,034 babies have been named Kirah since 1975, making it today's #6936 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kirah has been recorded 1,034 times among girls since 1975, currently ranked #6936 nationally and more common than 60% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1975 to 2025.
- #7,336 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,936 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,034 born since 1975
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kirah ranks #7,336 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,936 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,034 born since 1975, peaking in the 2000s.
- #7,336 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,936 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,034
- born since 1975
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kirah's 1,034 recorded births place it above 89.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Kirah compares
1,034 Top 32% higher than 68% 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
Kirah's all-time total is 175% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kirah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,034 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 57 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kirah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kirah's full recorded timeline at 2004, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1975, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 57 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kirah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 57
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Kirah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (393 births, 38% of the file).
2000s was Kirah's strongest decade.
393 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Kirah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 44
1980s
44 births
- 1990s
1990s
199 births
- 2000s
2000s
393 births
- 2010s
2010s
283 births
- 2020s 110
2020s
110 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 393 births (38% of all-time use).
How Kirah 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 Kirah's total volume
Kirah by state
Where Kirah concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 31 | 3.0% |
| #2 | Florida | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 10 | 1.0% |
| #4 | California | | 8 | 0.8% |
31 of 1,034 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Kirah's data
- Kirah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (393 total births); usage has since declined to 110 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Kirahs (31 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kirah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~50 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, 1975–2025 (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 Kirah 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.