Recorded 1998–2019 Girls' name Peak 2006 93 births

Kiyra — girls' name

93 babies named Kiyra in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s52000s522010s36
2000s
Peak decade

56% of everyone ever named Kiyra was born in this single decade.

2006
Single peak year

14 babies were named Kiyra in 2006 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Kiyra

The Social Security Administration has registered 93 babies named Kiyra between 1998 and 2019, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Kiyra currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kiyra performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Kiyra shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kiyra in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 93 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Kiyra at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

93

Since 1998

22 years of records

Peak year

2006

14 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1998

Recorded for 22 years

Last year on file: 2019

Kiyra popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1998

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2006)
14
Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
46810121416 201920142012201120102009200820072006200520031998 5

Kiyra by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
52 births that decade — 56% of Kiyra's all-time total
1990s52000s522010s36

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kiyra?
93 babies have been named Kiyra since 1998. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2006 with 14 births.
When was Kiyra most popular?
Kiyra was most popular in the 2000s decade with 52 total births. The single peak year was 2006.
How long has the name Kiyra been used?
Kiyra has been recorded in Social Security data since 1998, spanning 22 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Kiyra?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Kiya, Kiyah, Kiyomi, Kiyana, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1998–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.