Girls' name · since 1975
Kirra
Kirra has 2,605 recorded births since 1975 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,944 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,488 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,605
- born since 1975
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Kirra is the #4488 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,605 recorded since 1975.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kirra has been recorded 2,605 times among girls since 1975, currently ranked #4488 nationally and more common than 74% 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.
- #3,944 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,488 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,605 born since 1975
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Kirra ranks #3,944 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,488 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,605 born since 1975, peaking in the 2000s.
- #3,944 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,488 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,605
- born since 1975
- 2000s
- peak decade
Kirra's 2,605 recorded births place it above 94.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
24 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Kirra compares
2,605 Top 20% higher than 80% 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
Kirra's all-time total is 7x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Kirra | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,605 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 203 | 21 | 19,840 |
Kirra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Kirra's full recorded timeline at 2002, 83% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 17% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1977, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 203 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Kirra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 203
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Kirra by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (1,076 births, 41% of the file).
2000s was Kirra's strongest decade.
1,076 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Kirra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 30
1970s
30 births
- 1980s 107
1980s
107 births
- 1990s 235
1990s
235 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,076 births
- 2010s
2010s
950 births
- 2020s 207
2020s
207 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 1,076 births (41% of all-time use).
How Kirra 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 Kirra's total volume
Kirra by state
Where Kirra concentrates geographically, total births since 1975
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 547 | 21.0% |
| #2 | Florida | | 180 | 6.9% |
| #3 | Texas | | 94 | 3.6% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 55 | 2.1% |
| #5 | Hawaii | | 47 | 1.8% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 42 | 1.6% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 34 | 1.3% |
| #8 | Utah | | 29 | 1.1% |
547 of 2,605 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 24 reporting states.
Kirra appears in 24 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Kirra's data
- Kirra's decade-level peak was the 2000s (1,076 total births); usage has since declined to 207 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Kirras (547 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 Kirra
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Kirra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
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 Kirra 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.